#Chapter 217: Break Out

Grace "I just--" "Did we not go over keeping you calm?" Esme hissed. "Didn't we talk about not acting like you had a hair trigger?" "He was twisting my words! I had to say something." She stared at me. "What did I tell you about redirection?" I blinked at her and winced as it came back to me. "That... my statement would set the tone of the questioning. That I had to finish it." "And if you were interrupted? As I told you that you would be?" My shoulders slumped. "That I had the right to finish." "And yet?" "You could have stopped me earlier," I said. "Isn't that your job as my legal representation?" She tilted her head. "You hadn't heard a word I said until I grabbed you." She sighed. "And besides, you were steering the conversation in a decent direction until you started trying to defend your choice." She sighed, turning away from me and flopping on the couch. "I can only hope I've done enough damage that Sean will back down." "What does that mean?" She cocked an eyebr