"Then no," she said. "If it wasn't the one I carried over, there is no way I touched it."Elizabeth's face cleared up a little and I shot her a pointed...glance. She was off in a hurry to draft a motion asking for discovery before the preliminary hearing that was scheduled in three days.It was an unusual move for the defense, but one I thought we could get away with in this case. It would bite me in the ass if the case ever went to trial but I thought that was unlikely.I waited for Elizabeth to. Evan’s brain took a second from not obsessing about the girl’s identity to register the question and spoke carefully before he answered. ‘See that girl in the tight top and mini skirt? I know I’ve seen her recently, I just can’t think of where, and it’s driving me nuts, off my game,’ he confessed. His manager, far from thinking this was frivolous, had been with Evan a long time and knew how all-important it was that Evan have zero distractions to help him concentrate on beating the opponent, so. “He-he! Gotta be honest...that's one lucky slave! Well, that will be 866 dollars!”I swiped my gold card through the machine.“Here you go, miss! If you need anything else, don't hesitate to come by!”“Sure, will do. Bye!” and I walked back to the salon with my bag full of goodies.I didn't see Jaiden, but I saw some other girls in the store getting their nails done by other employees. I walked in the back and saw Jaiden getting the last touches done.“Hi! Oh that so much better, Janice! You like. In many ways I had surpassed myself; for my small outgoings I now had a reasonable income, though not enough should I have to suddenly pay maintenance. But I had been lucky and had been able to give them a very substantial lump sum. With some care this could last for several years.In the days after, that long, hot August became a haven of total self-indulgence. But, above all I was enjoying myself. I thought of the dark days of squabbling and shouting; I had never wanted to live in such.