CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Bella paced furiously back and forth for a moment before she noticed how quiet Nathan was.
And went, “Oh,” as she realized what was happening.
“They reassigned it because you and I are together, didn’t they?”
“Kind of.”
She sat again and took his hand. “I’m not following.”
“They were able to retrieve a bunch of deleted files from Mikel’s computer. Over a thousand of them. I don’t know all the contents. I just know that the AD felt removing me from the case would negate any ability for his defense team to attack any aspect of how the evidence against him was found or gathered.”
“So those files that were found pertain to me.”
“My presumption is yes.”
“And if you stay on the case, any part of it, they’re worried someone might accuse you of framing him or whatever, as
