Sorry it has taken me so long to reply to your feedback everyone. It's been a busy week.
Would you guys believe it if I told you I HAD put in a bit explaining the whole "Clark leaving without doing anything about the trial" thing? I had changed the ending to this chapter because I felt it left too much of a friendly feeling between Mayson and Clark. It just seemed too fake to have this scene full of tension, and then have these two characters suddenly switch back to talking abou the trial. I thought that Mayson sending Clark out was a bit more in character, but I see that left everyone a little confused. In the original version, they agree to reschedule at a later time, but I like your suggestion Tank, of Mayson telling Clark that he would no longer make a good witness. It just adds to the number of things that have been taken away from him. Excuse me while I sneak off and put it into my story, pretending it was there all along...
And as long as we're talking about Mayson, I've always felt that she was overly aggresive in her chase for Clark. She shamelessly threw herself at him, and I felt she often assumed that there was more between them then there actually was. Clark, being the nice guy that he is, isn't about to correct her as she's sobbing at her desk.
