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"Mm. Well. Let's be honest, if your wife testifies - and possibly even if she doesn't - your odds are not good. How do you feel about plea bargaining?"

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He makes an eloquently disgusted face.

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"You realize that if you have me turn down a plea bargain for you, and we lose, you're looking at five years - minimum - and that doesn't even begin to cover the reputational and other consequences."

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"The reputational consequences have been and gone," he says. "What's a plea bargain going to get me?

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"Sentence reduction. Possibly immediate parole, with or without damages awarded, with something like a restraining order preventing you from seeing your son, but no other restrictions."

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Mr. Hammond harrumphs.

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"It would be better than jail. It's possible that I can get you acquitted altogether, but it's by no means guaranteed, Mr. Hammond.

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"I'll think about it," he allows.

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"I'll call you later today, then, before the meeting where that would have to be handled. Is there anything else I should know before I find a computer store?"

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"Don't think so," says Mr. Hammond.

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"Have a good day, then, Mr. Hammond," Paul says, nodding and getting up to leave.

He isn't even surprised when he bumps into someone two steps out the door and falls over, nor when this results in him also needing to find a drycleaner as soon as possible.
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