SryRGIS: b.A. doesn't think so.

MR. TOKARIK: The b.A. is totally politically motivated. If my client was any other Jones, we wouldn't even be sitting here.

bET. S'IURG~s: Okay... have a nice day. Steve?

bET. MARTINEZ: See y'all.

MR. TOKARIK: Coded disks, the alleged testimony of a convicted felon-absurd.

bET. SryRGIS: Ask your client if it's absurd.

MR. TOKARIK: I'll do no such thing. let's go, Chip.

Come on.

MR. JONES: Can you get me bail, Tony?

MR. TOKARIK: This isn't the place toMR. JONES: I want out of this place, Tony. Things are piling up. I've got papers to grade.

MR. TOKARIK: Of course, Chip. But it may takebET. SrvRGIS: He's not going anywhere and you know it, Counselor. level with him.

MR. JONES: I want out. This place is depressing. I can't concentrate.

MR. TOKARIK: I understand, Chip, but MR. JONES: No buts, Tony. I want out. A l'exte''ieur O.U.T.

MR. TOKARIK: Of course, Chip. You know I'll do everything IMR.

JONES: I want out, Tony. I'm a good person. This is totally Kafkaesque.

bET. STURGIS: Good person, huh? Liar, torturer, murderer... Yeah, I guess if you don't count those minor technicalities, you're up for sainthood, Junior.

MR. JONES: I am a good person.

bET. STURGIS: Tell that to your daughter.

MR. JONES: She's not my daughter.

MR. TOKARIK: ChipbET. SrvRGIS: Cassie's not your daughter?

MR. JONES: Not strictly speaking, Detective. Not that it's relevant-I wouldn't hurt anyone's child.

bET. STURGIS: She's not yours?

MR. JONES: No. Even though I've raised her as if she were.

All the responsibility but none of the ownership.

bET. MARTINEZ: Whose is she, then?

MR. JONES: Who knows? Her mother's such a compulsive roundheels, jumps anything with a- In pants. God only knows who the father is. I sure don't.

bET. STIIRGIS: By 'her mother you're referring to your wife? Cindy Brooks Jones.

MR. JONES: Wife in name only.

MR. TOKARIK: ChipMR. JONES: She's a barracuda, Detective. Don't believe that innocent exterior. Pure predator. Once she snagged me, she reverted to type.

bET. STURGIS: What type is that?

MR. TOKARIK: I'm calling this session to a halt right now.

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