Black Rainbow (Rainbows 1)
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Raymond, his associate, came forward and whispered something into his ear, but Levi didn’t even flinch, he just stared at her.
There was silence and she shifted under his gaze… I understood exactly how that felt.
“Are you Mr. Black?” she sniffed rubbing her nose with her tissue.
Silence.
“Umm…” she shifted again.
“He’s blacking her out,” Atticus muttered beside me.
“What?” I leaned in.
“What he’s doing, they call it ‘Levi’s black out’, because he just zones out for a moment before his big move,” Vivian finished for him, whipping off her glasses.
How did I not know that?
“You killed your husband.” He came out and said it. “What I want to know is why. You signed a prenuptial agreement, so it’s not like you were going to get any of the money. ”
“I did not kill my husband! I loved—”
“You’re lying! You can lie to your children, the press, to yourself if you very well choose, but you will not lie to me in my office.”
“You’re supposed to be my lawyer!” she screeched at him.
“And I’m trying to defend you. So, why did you kill your husband?”
“I did not—”
“You killed your husband.”
“No.”
“You. Killed. Your. Husband.”
“NO!”
“You can scream all you want, but I don’t believe a word coming out of your mouth. A cocktail waitress who’s been married three times already—marries a nice, rich, old man.”
“You just said it wasn’t about the money, I signed a pre-nup!”
“Then why did you kill him?”
“I did not kill my husband!”
“Liar.”
She stood up. “Fuck you.”
He turned to Tristan,. “We can work with this.”
What?
“I don’t understand,” the woman said as she slowly fell back into her chair.
“The prosecution won’t come at you like that Mrs. Nash, it’s not like what you see on Law and Order. We may want to put you on the stand,” he told her.
“So you believe me?” she asked hopefu