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Erin and Swish sat on one of the benches in the middle of the courtroom, waiting for the conference with the judge. The DNA tests on Rojas and Ann had proven they were siblings, so with David safely tucked away at the halfway house, they had moved ahead with the motion to substitute as counsel for Ann and withdraw her guilty plea. They shared a knowing look as everyone else in the courtroom ignored them, seemingly in hopes they’d go away.
Pendleton and his associate, Allison Bennett, sat at defendant’s counsel table with Ann, who was trying her best to ignore them. The scene reminded Erin of a couple about to get a divorce – once close, now not even able to share simple pleasantries.
On the other side of the courtroom, assistant prosecutors Tom Willis and Jay Carver seemed oblivious
