Chapter 67:
The courtroom doesn't move.
Kessler's still standing with his little smile. Judge Harmon's reading the will. Margaret Sterling's watching me like a cat watching a bird.
And I'm sitting in the witness chair with my hands in my lap and my heart going like a hammer.
"Your Honor," Miss Okonkwo says. "This is a highly unusual filing. The defense has presented no prior notice of this will. No discovery. No—"
"Your Honor," Kessler says, "the will was probated this morning. The state was notified. The filing is timely."
"Timely?" Miss Okonkwo's voice is sharp. "This is a deliberate attempt to interfere with a criminal proceeding. The defense is trying to buy my client's silence with her own husband's estate."
"Your Honor," Kessler says, "the will is a legal document. It was writ
