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Kelly spent most of the weekend at the hospital and her puffy, bloodshot eyes bore witness to the fact that she slept very little in the past seventy-two hours. Her attention was split between Uncle Mac, who was still critical but doing as well as could be expected, and continuation of the Oliver murder trial. Still, she was a professional and neglected neither her client nor his case. Monday morning rolled around and she was ready to go. Besides, Hoop spent almost as much time at the hospital as she had. At least he had not gotten ahead of her over the weekend.
Joey Stephens had also been busy. His eleventh-hour phone call Sunday night proved very interesting, and she hoped it would lead to enough reasonable doubt to acquit Frank. Between the information he provided, and the i
