CarrollBlog 5.30

"At a lunch afterwards, Brian asked if they might be friends. The way he asked—shyly and with a charming tone of worry in his voice—flustered her. In court he was so confident and authoritative. But now he sounded like a 7th grade boy asking her to dance. On the verge of saying of course, it struck her uh oh maybe he doesn't want to be just friends, he wants— As if reading her mind, the lawyer put up a hand and shook his head. 'Please don't take that any way but how I said it. I just think...