28The judge and jurors returned, as did the public and the prosecutor. On Loreley's advice, the new witness, sat in the front row.
Sparks called Peter's elderly neighbor and grandson to testify, who reiterated the version they had given earlier. Loreley did not question them this time. It was now clear to everyone that Peter was the man they had met as he went out the front door. Peter himself had already admitted it.
When the moment arrived for Cynthia to take the stand, Loreley went close to her. "Miss Huber, you knew Lindsay Davis well, didn't you?"
"I'd been her best friend since we were at school. Our two families still see each other."
"Did you know she had another man, besides the defendant you see here?"
"Lindsay had confided it to me on one of those rare days when we saw each
