An Unwanted Guest

by Shari Lapena

But one person can’t be responsible for another person’s happiness. She is responsible for her own. He can’t make her happy.

“If attorneys could simply refuse to represent someone because of their own squeamishness, or conscience—” She is listening to him intently. He shrugs. “Well, without the defense attorney, the system wouldn’t work.”

He’s learned that people will believe what they want to believe. And it’s truly frightening how easily they’ll believe it.

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.