She stood. “They interlock. Each confession depends on the other two. These confessions were solicited to create the evidence needed to charge Trevor with murder. The primary technique you used was one you claimed to have researched for your doctoral dissertation.”
Locking eyes with the deponent, she said, “Thank you Deputy Upton. I’m calling a fifteen-minute recess in these proceedings. Let’s resume the deposition at eleven o’clock.”
Moving to Mrs. Darling, she whispered, “Will you show me where we can light up legally?”
“You bet.” The court reporter grabbed her purse and led the way from the room, up the staircase, and outside. They clattered down concrete steps from the library’s porch to its vivid green lawn. A leafy maple tree shaded an unpainted wooden picnic table with attached b
