Andy was dressed in a dark green suit, one of many he’d had custom tailored earlier this year. He looked the part, like a wealthy millionaire, as he strode into the virtually empty Arlington courtroom where Diana, Jed, and Laura waited. He didn’t have any time to meet with Diana or speak with Jed before the courtroom doors closed and the other witnesses entered: the counsel for Child Protective Services, the deputy, the sheriff, and an overweight man Andy presumed to be the social worker who had taken Gabriel away, based on how Laura stiffened when she saw him.
A clerk announced the judge and the case. Laura moved beside Diana at the defense table and glanced back at Andy. He reached forward and rubbed Laura’s back, and she smiled for the first time at him. Diana glanced at the closed doo
