"I don't have confirmation yet, but Detective Gumshoe is here. He's worked with Edgeworth on numerous cases; was he the detective for my case?" She hadn't generally heard stellar reports, although Prosecutor Edgeworth's judgment was usually quite sound, and he had enough strings to pull that a reassignment shouldn't be impossible.
He would also make a remarkable scapegoat; his career might even survive it if he was seen to have failed through incompetence, rather than intent. That was probably unfair; Redd White had influenced dozens of cases; Mia's murder had merely been the final one, and the verdict had been just.
She was stalling for time -- Ema was the last person she wanted along on this trip, and yet the only reason she could offer was the very truth she didn't want Ema to find out. She pulled out two pens from her pocket and traded one for the score sheet, nodding assent to the real question at the same time.
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He would also make a remarkable scapegoat; his career might even survive it if he was seen to have failed through incompetence, rather than intent. That was probably unfair; Redd White had influenced dozens of cases; Mia's murder had merely been the final one, and the verdict had been just.
She was stalling for time -- Ema was the last person she wanted along on this trip, and yet the only reason she could offer was the very truth she didn't want Ema to find out. She pulled out two pens from her pocket and traded one for the score sheet, nodding assent to the real question at the same time.