CHAPTER 8 – BEWARE OF A WOMAN SCORNED AND A MAN’S BRUISED EGO –––––––– * * * * AXEL WATCHED THE INTERVIEW with interest. His eyes were on Leah though. He wasn’t interested in observing the sturdy man, who was trying to talk his way out of a murder charge. Leah could do that without his help and anyway, it wasn’t like he couldn’t hear his thoughts. He was more interested in Leah’s demeanor and in her ability to hide what she thought or felt under a blank mask. Axel couldn’t discern if she was frustrated or disappointed. Everyone had expected to have serious problems making the man who lured Klavdiya into the isolated area of the garden talk, but they had been wrong. The man was singing away, eager to offer them all possible details. He hoped for some leniency when the case would go to

