Chapter 17: The Body Is Found
"This is a long-established firm, not well-known, but it has a good reputation in the circle, and low-key and professional are the advertising slogans they have maintained for decades. His strength is matrimonial and property-related legal services. "Lawyer Kabamazepin is like a living dictionary.
"Marriage is related to property? Tsk," an inexplicable sneer appeared on Edward's face, "On the eve of the engagement, I went to a fast food restaurant to hook up with Xiao Xianrou, and I was drunk, which was obviously to give little Mr. MacPace a green hat." After that, I got in touch with this kind of office, and it became more and more interesting. ”
"Do you want to try your luck?" Chris suggested.
"Well, I'll go for this. You and Kamazepin continue to study this pile of information, especially digging deep into the black material of the Macpes, and it would be better if we could put the hat on their heads that led to the outbreak of the Vietnam War. Well, it's really not okay to assassinate the Kennedy mastermind......"
Chris "......"
Carbamazepine "......"
"Irish, but Scottish?" Edward muttered as he left the makeshift office, "Or do I have to go to Duncan and Banquo, and the three witches, to get the case closed?" ”
Kamaxiping was a little incomprehensible to the man's sneering jokes that popped up from time to time, and Chris comforted him: "This guy is often chattering, opening his mouth for Shakespeare and closing his mouth for Mensius, and he says that this is a necessary condition to become a chancellor." ”
“…… Let's hope he gets his way. Kamazepin sighed, a complicated expression on his face.
"This kid feels more difficult than the old fox in the family? Ruthless and proficient in law. No wonder, the boss paid me to study law back then, and the lawyer got things done, and he was really a hundred times more powerful than the mafia. He sighed silently in his heart, and then threw himself into the intense work.
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"Sir, please leave here, you don't have an appointment, Mr. Fan Sen won't see you." The pretty blonde girl at the front desk gave Edward an eviction order.
"Okay, I'm presumptuous, but you can give Mr. Fan Sen a phone call and say that if you don't want to be arraigned by the court for some reason, it's best to give me five minutes, I am the lawyer in charge of a certain case, and I have the right to ask the court to issue a summons for Mr. Fan Sen to testify in court as a witness, and the case is quite complicated, and I am afraid that I will appear in court more than once." Edward threatened with a smile.
"Your business card, sir."
"I'm sorry, but I just ran out of money, and you said that Mr. McPace Jr.'s lawyer, Edward Young, came to him, and I believe that he will not only not scold you, but will even praise you for your flexibility, and will soon transfer you to become a clerk and give you a salary increase by the way, and then you will have the opportunity to have more contact with those young lawyers, and then date ......"
The blonde girl pretended not to hear, but there was a clear smile on her lips.
Five minutes later, Edward was ushered into a small meeting room.
Then the door was pushed open, "Mr. Yang, I think you'd better not let me down!" An old white man glared at him with an unkind face.
He looked to be in his early sixties, with silver-white hair neatly fixed with hair wax to form a large back, not messy, light blue eyes full of suspicion, even the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, with a three-point sneering look, a beautiful beard neatly trimmed, a dark iron gray suit vest with a dark gold tie and a blue striped heterochromatic collar shirt.
According to the old-school American workplace dress code, usually only bosses are allowed to wear off-collar shirts, and this is clearly Fansen Walberg himself.
"Mr. Walberg, my name is Edward Young," he held out.
The old man looked impatient, but out of etiquette, he shook his hand, "I can only give you 3 minutes." ”
"OK, you know little Mr. MacPace, right?"
"It's a trade secret."
"And what about Ms. Barbara Brown?"
"No comment."
"Come on, Mr. Fansen, since I found here, it means that I am the one who knows the inside story." As he spoke, he pulled out a copy of The New York Times from his pocket and handed it over.
He bought it on the way, "I have other newspapers here, do you need to take them out?" ”
"What are you going to do?" Fan Sen asked with a glare
"Know a little bit about it. Ms. Barbara is your client. ”
"I'm sorry, but I have a duty of confidentiality."
"The duty of confidentiality is only the right of the client to raise, which means that if she is not the client, you should answer my questions honestly; Conversely, if she is, you have to answer my question honestly if she does not assert this right. Otherwise, we'll have to see each other in court. Right now, only God knows where Barbara is. I am sure that you absolutely do not want to be involved in this case. ”
Fan Sen raised his eyebrows and did not speak.
"As a future colleague, I can tell you that this case is a bit unexpected to me, but it is certain that Dami is definitely not the murderer, so please help me, your answer will restore the innocence of a promising young man."
"Future peers?"
"I was in my first year of SJD (J.D.) at Yale."
"Yes, she's my client."
"What about the business?"
"Mr. Yang, please don't go too far!"
"Okay, but I can guess that before I came, I called the bar association, and they said that you are a legal expert in family law, especially marriage and inheritance, so I guess you have drafted countless prenuptial property agreements in your life."
Fan Sen didn't speak.
"Okay. Looks like I guessed right. ”
"I haven't revealed any facts."
"I understand, I understand, in fact, if I really want to make a big deal, I will just send you to court, which will be more convenient for me. Privately, it is also to express the sincerity that you want to solve the problem properly. ”
"One last question. Please don't refuse, I can check it from other sources, but it's a bit troublesome, after all, I'm just a school student. ”
"Say it, but only privately, and if it's open in court, you need to ask for my consent in advance."
"OK, when was the last time Barbara contacted you?"
"This?" Fan Sen was stunned, "A few weeks ago, you came with me, I have a record here." ”
"Ava," he shouted at the receptionist, "give me all the call logs of Ms. Barbara Brown." ”
"Was the last phone call on February 25?" Edward was stunned.
"Yes. There was no contact after that. It was only on television that I learned about the tragedy. Fansen explained, with a "don't expect me to answer more questions, kid" look on his face.
"She didn't call you on February 29? It doesn't have to be an office, or your personal phone number? "Edward does not give up.
"Life and work as a lawyer are very separate, and no client knows about my personal phone number." Fan Sen touched his beard and said, "I don't have to lie to you on this issue. ”
"Can you show me the call log on the twenty-nineth? Don't get me wrong, I just want to know if there's an unknown call coming in. ”
"I can ask Ava to check it for you."
"So, everything was normal on the 29th, except for a harassing phone call that inexplicably lasted for about a minute or so, all the calls had a clear caller. Ok, thank you very much, Mr. Fansen. ”
"Well, hopefully I won't see you again until the case is over."
"As you wish!"
"Hehe, it's really funny, is this a reality reasoning show? Or is it a script kill? Edward muttered about leaving, "Hey, what is it to kill without script, why did you blurt it out?" Feeling familiar? Trying to recall the details, can it be promoted as a new business model in New York? ”
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"It's generally clear that Barbara didn't call the law firm on February 29, but it's certain that Barbara has business with Fansen, and it is reasonable to speculate that it can only be a prenuptial property agreement." Edward returned to the consular office and leaned back on the couch.
"But on TV, Mr. MacPace Jr. said they had a very good relationship." Chris shrugged, "And having said that, there's still no evidence that Barbara is still alive after leaving Dammy." ”
"Little Macpeth also said he was a model citizen of Millican and heterosexual." Kamazepin looked up from the pile of documents and complained, only then did everyone realize that this person looked dry and boring, but in fact had a good sense of humor.
"yes, it looks like it's starting all over again!" Edward hugged his head, "Headache! ”
"Watch TV, watch TV!" Chris suddenly exclaimed.
"HERE FAKE NEWS, WE JUST RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IN THE AFTERNOON THE POLICE RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL CLAIMING THAT THE BODY OF MS. BARBARA BROWN WAS BURIED SOMEWHERE IN BROOKLYN. The police immediately went to the relevant area to dig up, and unfortunately, Ms. Barbara's body was found. After a brief autopsy, police concluded that Ms. Barbara Brown had died as a result of homicide. ”
"Fuck me!" Edward exclaimed, "Things are in trouble! ”
"Yes, man must be dead. Now the media and onlookers will return to the premise that 'Dami is the murderer', and the trial should be soon, which is very unfavorable to us, very unfavorable. ”
After he finished speaking, the other two nodded in agreement.
"What now?" Chris asked.
"The autopsy is a top priority, and the prosecution must not be left in the hands of the prosecution. It is necessary to have our own experts present and even re-autopsies. Kamazepin said categorically.
Edward and Chris have excellent grades, but after all, they are only first-year rookies and do not know much about the many aspects of this industry.
Kabamazepine is different, it has been rolling in the industry for more than ten years, what kind of indiscriminate means have you never seen?
Sometimes for the sake of the family's interests, he will play these routines himself, and he is familiar with the threshold, if he really lets him and Edward and Chris play right in court, the theoretical foundation may be insufficient, but all kinds of small means can be used to play the two rookies to death within the framework allowed by the law.
In short, he is not well-known and has a bad image, but he is really easy to use, not only loyal and reliable, but also well-informed, especially able to see tricks.