CHAPTER 31
A CHAMPAGNE CORK whizzed past my ear and hit Jed square in the chest, but I’m not sure he even noticed. Pecs of damn steel.
“I can’t believe it!” Lyle screeched, swigging from the bottle. “I actually managed to win a case. Well, not win, exactly, but it was better than getting laughed out of court.”
“You did good,” Oliver said.
He’d been watching the hearing from the public gallery, hidden in amongst the throng of reporters. There’d been gasps when the judge set Ethan’s bail at $12 million.
“Skinner was furious, wasn’t he? And did you hear me? I made an objection and it got upheld!”
Bless him, he was like a kid in a candy store. With a shopping cart. His smile got even wider when Stefanie walked over and gave him a hug. She looked far happier than when we’d first met as we
