This just in: Prominent San Francisco human rights lawyer, Carmel Price, was shot to death last night in the bathroom of a downtown bar. The Harvard law graduate was married with a young child. Police are searching for the gunman, who evaded the club’s security cameras, and say that the lawyer’s recent international courtroom battles may have something to do with the killing.
Her head whirled and she gripped the counter for support, suddenly breathless. She sank to the floor, breathing in great gulps of air and trying to clear her head. She moved her head and her ears buzzed. Her skin suddenly felt as if a thousand fire ants had stung her. She crawled across the floor to the television.
“No …no …” Norah couldn’t breathe as a photo of Carmel was flashed up, followed by a video of a distra
