29Next morning, the news of John Austin's arrest appeared in the major newspapers. By now everyone knew he was also the ex-live-in partner of Peter Wallace's defence attorney.
Most believed it was an extraordinary coincidence, but not Loreley, who was wondering more and more often why Michael Wallace had hired her to defend his brother. And each time she always arrived at the answer: that man had hidden something from her, as had Cynthia Huber.
It was time to pin the last piece of the mosaic.
When she went to see Mrs. Wallace, she was welcomed in a completely different way to the previous time; the smile on the woman's face showed gratitude.
"May I offer you something to drink, Counselor Lehmann?" she asked after Loreley sat down on the couch in the living room.
"Thank you, Mrs. Walla
