Her Deadly Game

It is August 6, the day before the start of Vince’s trial for first-degree murder. The jury is selected, and Keera has decided to use the Lisa-as-killer theory to create reasonable doubt until something better comes along. Harrison is working unsuccessfully to develop a theory about what happened in the kitchen that accounts for the water, the burn mark, and all the other strange evidence. Keera hasn’t gotten another email from Jack Worthing, and the Dark Knight hasn’t moved in days.

Keera brings a homemade cake to her parents’ monthly dinner, which surprises her mother, Bernadette. She arrives before anyone else, even though her car will be blocked in and she won’t be able to leave early. Bernadette tells Keera that Patsy is like a new man since they’ve been working together and confirms that he hasn’t had anything to drink. Keera finds Patsy in his study, and they talk strategy for the trial the next day. Patsy tells her that he is proud of her and sees her as his successor. Ella, he tells Keera, is an amazing manager, but Keera is following in his footsteps as a trial attorney.

Patsy leaves the office, and Keera wants to call him back for a game of

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