“You may not see the patient until the physician rounds later this morning,” the nurse explained to Weeks.
“But he’s my client and we have a trial to get back to,” Weeks said.
“With all due respect, sir, since it’s waited this long, it can wait a few more hours.” The nurse turned and walked down the corridor.
Noble stifled a chuckle at her response.
“Well, I never…” Weeks said, barely above a whisper. “What are you laughing at anyway? And why are you even here?”
“This is an important case,” Noble said. “I wanted to make sure the reverend…I mean the defendant was all right.”
“The judge is getting impatient, and I don’t know if he’ll delay the trial anymore.”
Noble blinked at Weeks and said, “How can he not? A trial like this can’t go on without its defendant present.”
“He was pretty
