Captivating Chaos

11 MONTHS EARLIER

JARED WHITAKER

When Stella Mercer smiled at you, rest assured you were fucked. And she had been smiling since she entered the courtroom. She was also dressed in a power suit and heels so sharp that I suspected it would cut you if you got too close.

Today, she was defending a client whose case was as flimsy as the paper it was printed on. I almost felt bad for the poor guy. Almost