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feds decided they might as well take it up. We actually have a better argument for keeping it here in
Common Pleas. If it were any other prosecutor, they would probably concede if we objected, but
Sachs doesn t know the meaning of concede. Probably not even worth making the argument, because
he ll fight you, and it s not worth it for this case. Besides, defense counsel is a total pain in the ass.
She was supposedly retired, but I guess she missed the smell of blood. Judith Steinberg. Do you know
her? My heart slammed into my chest wall and my mouth went dry.
 Uh, yeah. I ve heard about her, I said casually.
 I don t doubt it. They call her the Ice Queen. She s super-aggressive.
 Yeah, that s what I ve heard, I said.  You re saying that we have a good argument for keeping it
here? So if I won, it would be tried here, in Common Pleas. If I take it, is it mine? Something else
that I happened to know about Judith Steinberg, was that she did federal defense. She would be out of
her element here. She could be beaten.
 Uh, yeah. He laughed.  If you want it. Why? You re not thinking about taking on Captain
Swagger and the Ice Queen, are you?
 I don t have much else on my plate yet, and you said it s not an important case.
 Okay! You ve got some moxie. I like that. Sachs should be here soon. The argument s all laid out
in there, just in case anybody wanted to make it.
 Okay. I ll let you know what happens.
 Go get  em! he said with a smile and left just as Adam was returning to counsel table.
I slid the file onto my lap. Obviously, he would find out shortly what I was up to, but I didn t want
him to try to stop me. I was a licensed attorney, now officially employed by the District Attorney of
Philadelphia. I wasn t doing anything unethical. I was also highly motivated.
Jacob arrived not long after, with his usual flourish, storming the castle, with all of his lackeys
trailing in his wake. The bailiff informed the judge that an assistant U.S. attorney was here for the next
case, and so Jacob was able to go immediately to the head of the class. The bailiff called it.
 Commonwealth v. DiBono, motion for removal to federal court. I saw Adam glance around the
courtroom, looking for a fellow prosecutor. I took a deep breath and stood up & just as the courtroom
door opened again and she came in, followed by her client and her lackeys. She marched to the front
of the courtroom like she owned the place.
 Your Honor, Jacob Sachs for the United States.
 Judith Steinberg for Joseph DiBono
 Lily Adler for the Commonwealth, I added, walking to the bench with just as much confidence
as the other attorneys standing there, even if it was an act. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Adam
turn around so fast I was worried he might get whiplash.  Your Honor, I don t have a copy of the
motion for removal.
 It s an oral motion, Jacob said, looking a bit stunned, but quickly recovering.  We didn t brief it
because we didn t anticipate an objection.
 Well, then I m afraid that counsel was not adequately prepared, because the Commonwealth
objects. Jacob set his jaw and narrowed his eyes, but it wasn t anger I saw there; it was anticipation.
He was sizing me up like a tiger sizing up an antelope, or whatever the hell tigers eat.
 Pardon me, counselor, but if this case stays in Common Pleas, who s going to try it, you? He
gave me the most arrogantly dismissive smirk I had ever seen, and my blood boiled. He was being
rather condescending to a person who had seen him naked. Not that he had anything to be ashamed of.
He actually looked rather good naked.
 And if it goes up to federal court, counselor, who s going to try it there, you? I asked, giving him
exactly the same look. His mouth literally popped open and his eyes flashed with what I could swear
was excitement. I had a feeling that maybe he was actually picturing me naked at that very moment.
 Excuse me! Your Honor, may I have a word with my colleague? Adam interrupted. Great. I
turned around and found him giving me a deceptively friendly smile.
Chapter Twenty-Two
 Go ahead, Mr. Roth, Judge Channing said, looking kind of intrigued. Adam walked off to the side of
the courtroom and I reluctantly followed. When I got there, he leaned in close and whispered to me.
 Okay, first of all, you re going to get some phenomenal sexing tonight for that comment you just
made to Sachs, and secondly, what the fuck are you doing?!
 Arguing a motion.
 Against a federal prosecutor and your mother?!
 Technically, she hasn t joined in the motion yet, I pointed out.
 Lily, are you nuts? This isn t the place to work out your family issues.
 I m not working them out. I fully intend to beat her.
 She s a career litigator, and she s your mother!
 Adam, my family is not like your family. She won t see me as her daughter. She ll see me as her
opponent. She won t hesitate to try to take me down. I want to stand up against her in the only way
that matters to her. I want to prove to myself that I can.
 And how is that not working out your family issues? he observed, accurately I might add. I
wasn t in the mood to be reasonable, though, and I just huffed and looked away, angrily.  Okay,
look, he relented,  you think you have an argument, go ahead and make it.
 You don t think I have a chance, do you?
 It s not because I don t think you re smart or capable. It s because you re taking on an assistant
U.S. attorney and woman who has about thirty years of courtroom experience and yesterday you were
a law librarian.
 I don t have anything to lose and the guy who gave it to me, said I could keep it.
 Lily, it s a felony trial, not a puppy!
 It s related to Moretti. If I win the motion you can try it, and I ll be your second chair.
 You nutty broad. He shook his head but I could see he looked both amused, and yes, just a little
impressed. With that, I returned to battle. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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