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The Hidden Meter

El compás oculto

Fifteen years of flawless transcripts, and now the stenographer's own pages are keeping a secret: the defense attorney's questions scan like poetry, and the jury is blinking in time. Paulina Cervantes should have left the rhythm alone.

Part 1 of 2 in The Cadence

Tres sílabas. Pausa. Tres sílabas.

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