A Rational Woman at Sea in a Fog
‘The bad news is that you’re going to prison.’ ‘What’s the good news?’ ‘There isn’t any.’ Suzanne watched Martin’s eyes turn sad. They were saddest eyes that she had ever seen in a client. And she’d seen a lot of sad eyes in the last ten years. It was right there in the defense attorney job description: look into defendants’ eyes, tell the truth, and watch them grow sad. She thought that she’d become inured to clients’ sadness but Martin was affecting her more deeply than most. Not because...