Silver Serenade

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Standing outside courtroom three, Christie Hamilton shifted from one foot to the other. She swiped at a flyaway strand of hair that fell across her face as she bent her head to check her watch. She thought he would have shown up by now; court was due to convene in fifteen minutes.

During the course of her career, people had come to her with their problems. She often resolved difficulties between partners, repaired broken trust in relationships, and exposed intricately planned deceptions.

Christie was not an Ann Landers or Dear Abby—she was a highly regarded questioned document examiner. Christie was not a newcomer to superior court trials; she was often called to take the stand as an expert witness, as she was today, or called to a home or office to verify or dispute a signature, and the weight of her response lay heavily on her shoulders. Knowing that a misguided belief in a forgery could alter a person’s life, she helped untangle those mistakes.

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