Chapter 5: Forty Minutes

Sebastian Vale got to the elevator first. I know because I was behind him, and I have never seen a man in a five-thousand-dollar suit move like that. 100 Centre Street. Twelfth floor. Part 12. Theo Vale is nineteen and looks fifteen. Dark hair, borrowed tie, hands folded so tight his knuckles had gone the color of skim milk. Judge Okafor had the motion in front of her and the expression of a woman who has already decided. "Ms. Whitlock. The People allege your client sent a threatening message...