( He really doesn't know what to do with this reassurance. It's not something he's accustomed to receiving. Shaking his head firmly, he reiterates: )
No. She should have been caught sooner.
( Who knew how many more lives she'd been able to ruin in the intervening years? She should have never been allowed to walk free that day he had crossed paths with her in the courthouse. He had been a naive fool, and as usual, it was other people who would have to bear the consequences of his mistakes. He swallows thickly. )
I hated that damn laugh.
( At the end of the day, he'd underestimated her.
He wouldn't underestimate a defense attorney again. )
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No. She should have been caught sooner.
( Who knew how many more lives she'd been able to ruin in the intervening years? She should have never been allowed to walk free that day he had crossed paths with her in the courthouse. He had been a naive fool, and as usual, it was other people who would have to bear the consequences of his mistakes. He swallows thickly. )
I hated that damn laugh.
( At the end of the day, he'd underestimated her.
He wouldn't underestimate a defense attorney again. )