Chapter 39

EMILIANA

I spent the next fifteen days completing the investigation and preparing the defense for the trial. Time passed much faster than I expected and I was only one day away from knowing if everything I did was worth it. She wasn't one to be used to losing, so that didn't count as an option, in fact, it was completely out of the question. Luciano and I had investigated the crime scene, luckily for us, we had enough to reveal about the murder. Firstly, it was not committed in that place, that is, Venice did not drown as we believed.

There were marks from a car heavy enough to leave deep and because it didn't rain in the last few days they didn't wash away from the ground. There was also evidence that someone was dragged along the dirt road behind the Tiber River. A car expert, who owed me a few favors, certified that it was a four-by-four Jeep, although asking him to tell me the model was asking too much.

After that, we set about interviewing the rest of the witn