Now she wanted to watch me in action at her home…with her ‘brother.’ “Sure” was all I said. She told me to follow her and we drove along t...e suburban streets slowly. She was on her phone for about three minutes or so and then we turned back around and drove in a very direct manner to her place, passing the school she’d been parked at. She pointed for me to park on the street as she turned into a drive with the garage door opening. I parked on the street and let my heels make a click-clack. They had to prepare for the penalty phase of a capital trial. Their main witness would be Susan Brockleman, Mary Beth's mother. They would introduce many of the same exhibits that had led to Mayfield's conviction and they would put Bryant Hawkins back on the stand. Now that the conviction had been secured, the rules of evidence would be relaxed. Mayfield's past history was fair game and Allyson thought Bryant was the perfect person to deliver it.The defense would put Dr. Gross back on the stand. She had wanted him to break down and ask to stop or for leniency. She did not expect him to ask to go back. This was something she had wanted to offer him and at any rate was far from an emergency. When finished she paused for a moment, which to him seemed like an eternity. Then he heard her voice once again, informing him she was finished with the glass. He made the long walk back to her, fearful of how she would react and extended the tray to her. As she set the glass on the tray she also. She couldn’t help it; Ever since she came back from college to stay with him, she couldn’t help but be attracted to him. He hadn’t been in her life much when she was younger, and she saw why- he was a drunk, one of the nice ones who just laughed at dumb stuff and passed out, but a drunk.Even then, she had to admit that Leon was an incredibly handsome man. Honestly, he was any girl’s fantasy man with a toned body, colorful tattoo sleeves, long, dark shaggy hair, and a beard. He looked like one.