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“No. We didn’t fight.”
“Did you see him that night?” Reese asks.
“Yes. I did.”
“And what happened?”
“I told him that Reginald Hicks came to me and wanted me to help kill him.” The courtroom blows up into a gasp that explodes into murmurs.
Reginald jumps to his feet. “She’s lying! She’s lying.”
Dana gasps and actually turns to try to find me in the audience. When her eyes meet mine, I mouth, “Easy. Let him do his job.”
She inhales and turns around, but her fingers are squeezing the wooden chair arms, her knuckles white.
The judge does a lot of banging on the desk and finally, Reese can continue questioning Martha. “Why didn’t you tell someone else? Like the police?”
“Mr. Warren, Nelson, didn’t want me to. He said he’d handle it himself.”
“How did he plan to handle it?”
“He wanted to confront Reginald. He said he was going to confront him.”
“Did he?” Reese asks.
“I don’t know,” she whispers. “He died the night he was supposed to talk to him.”
Reginald is on his feet again, screaming. “Liar!”
More chaos ensues, and finally, Reese asks, “Did you consider Reginald’s offer?”
“No!” Martha shouts. “No. I would never do that. I loved Mr. Warren. I loved him.”
“Did he love you?” Reese asks.
“Yes. He loved me.” Martha replies.
I lean over to Lauren and whisper, “She told us sleeping with him was her job."
Lauren eyes me with an arched brow. “And now he loved her?”
“Exactly,” I whisper.
“But you weren’t in his will,” Reese points out.
“I didn’t want his money,” she snaps. “I didn’t care about his money, but he was very generous. I’ll never find a job that pays that well. He took care of me.”
“And yet you’re not in the will,” Reese comments.
“Is there a question?” Milton demands, in his first objection.
“I’ll withdraw,” Reese says, looking at the judge.
“What did Reginald offer you, Martha?”
“Money,” she says. “He said he’d marry Dana, inherit, and pay me. He said Dana was going to walk away from the money, and he couldn’t let that happen.”
“What do you think he thought was your motivation to help?”
