expecting a child.
‘That’s for sure. She got in touch after the video went
viral.’
‘So the video did help.’ I couldn’t resist.
‘It gave you an interesting wrinkle: Before the video, it
was clear you did it. Now there’s a slight chance you didn’t.
I don’t know how it is you finally seemed genuine—’
‘Because last night it served an actual purpose: Get
Amy back,’ Go said. ‘It was an offensive maneuver. Where
before it would just be indulgent, undeserved, disingenuous
emotion.’
I gave her a thank-you smile.
‘Well, keep remembering that it is serving a purpose,’
Tanner said. ‘Nick, I’m not fucking around here: This is
beyond unorthodox. Most lawyers would be shutting you up.
But it’s something I’ve been wanting to try. The media has
saturated the legal environment. With the Internet,
Facebook, YouTube, there’s no such thing as an unbiased
jury anymore. No clean slate. Eighty, ninety percent of a
case is decided before you get in the courtroom. So why
not use it – control the story. But it’s a risk. I want every
word, every gesture, every bit of information planned out
ahead of time. But you have to be natural, likable, or this will
all backfire.’
‘Oh, that sounds simple,’ I said. ‘One hundred percent
canned yet totally genuine.’
‘You have to be extremely careful with your wording,
and we will tell Sharon that you won’t answer certain
questions. She’ll ask you anyway, but we’ll teach you how to
say,
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