“Good morning, David. I have some interesting information for you. It’s about Ashley Patterson.” David felt a sudden sense of alarm.
“What about her?” “Do you remember how hard we tried to find the trauma that had caused her condition, and we failed?”
David remembered it well. It had been a major weakness in their case. “Yes.” “Well, I just learned the answer.”
“My friend, Dr. Lewison, who’s head of the Connecticut Psychiatric Hospital, just called.”
“The missing piece of the puzzle is Dr. Steven Patterson. He’s the one who molested Ashley when she was a child.”
David asked incredulously, “What?” “Dr. Lewison just learned about it.”
David sat listening as Dr. Salem went on, but his mind was elsewhere. He was recalling Dr. Patterson’s words.
“You’re the only one I trust, David. My daughter means everything in the world to me. You’re going to save her life....”
“I want you to defend Ashley, and I won’t have anyone else involved in this case....”
And David suddenly realized why Dr. Patterson had been so insistent on his representing Ashley alone.
The doctor was sure that if David had ever discovered what he had done, he would have protected him.
Dr. Patterson had had to decide between his daughter and his reputation, and he had chosen his reputation.
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