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“The Sledgehammer?” I questioned. “But she’s in jail.”
“She won’t be for long if murders continue while she’s locked up,” Brett said. “I don’t want to jump the gun but her lawyers would be stupid not to call for her release.”
“But she’s guilty! She tried to kill us. She killed your sister! How could they let her go free?”
“If the murders continue, they’ll claim she didn’t do it, that she’s innocent.”
I had to sit down, I thought as I bumbled to the couch. “How . . . how can . . .”
Brett sat next to me. “I don’t know, but I’m going to find out.”
“They can’t release her,” I said. “She’ll kill again. She’ll come after us.”
“It will be okay,” he said, but his voice had a rough edge to it. “I just need some time to figure this out.”
“The trial is the day after tomorrow,” I said. “We
