She quickly read them.
“This could take a couple of hours to go through with each per-son,” she said. “How many names do we have?”
“About fifteen or twenty.”
“And why is all this information in here about you and me? It sounds like a feature article on female law clerks for the human-interest section of the Savannah newspaper.”
“I want the witnesses to be comfortable with us before getting into the real issues.”
“That will happen when they look you in the eye and see that you’ve never sinned or had a wicked thought.”
“What about you?”
Julie batted her eyelashes. “A couple of those will take care of the men. I’ll leave the women up to you.”
“How many of the questions do you want to use?”
Julie flipped through the pages again. “Here’s a good one: ‘Tell us what Ramona Dabney said to you about Jason Paulding or any other employees of Paulding Development Company. Get specific dates if possible.’ That goes to the heart of the issue.”
“I still think we need a way to get into the interview gradually without being so direct.”
