Part 50 (2/2)
”I would've rather been somewhere else,” he said.
I nodded in false sympathy.
”Are you ready for this?”
”No, but I'm here.”
”Okay, in a few minutes Cisco will come get you and bring you to the courtroom.”
”Whatever.”
”Look, I know it doesn't seem like it now, but you're doing the right thing.”
”You're right... about it not seeming like it now.”
I didn't know what to say to that.
”All right, I'll see you in there.”
I left the room and signaled to Cisco, who was standing in the hallway with the two men who had been minding Driscoll. I pointed down the hall toward the courtroom and Cisco nodded. I proceeded on and entered the courtroom to find Jennifer Aronson and Lisa Trammel at the defense table. I sat down but before I could say anything to either one of them, the judge entered the courtroom and took the bench. He called for the jury and we quickly went back on the record. I called Donald Driscoll to the stand. After he was sworn in, I got right down to business.
”Mr. Driscoll, what is your profession?”
”I'm in IT.”
”And what does IT mean?”
”Information technology. It means I work with computers, the Internet. I find the best way to use new technologies to gather information for the client or employer or whoever it may be.”
”You are a former employee of ALOFT, correct?”
”Yes, I worked there for ten months until earlier this year.”
”In IT?”
”Yes.”
”What exactly did you do in IT for ALOFT?”
”I had several duties. It's a very computer-reliant business. A lot of employees and a great need for access to information through the Internet.”
”And you helped them get it.”
”Yes.”
”Now, do you know the defendant, Lisa Trammel?”
”I've never met her. I know of her.”
”You know of her from this case?”
”Yeah, but also from before.”
”From before. How so?”
”One of my duties at ALOFT was to try to keep tabs on Lisa Trammel.”
”Why?”
”I don't know why. I was just told to do it and I did it.”
”Who told you to keep tabs on Lisa Trammel?”
”Mr. Borden, my supervisor.”
”Did he tell you to keep tabs on anybody else?”
”Yes, a bunch of other people.”
”How many is a bunch?”
”I guess there were about ten.”
”Who were they?”
”Other mortgage protestors like Trammel. Plus employees of some of the banks we did business with.”
”Like who?”
”The man who was killed. Mr. Bondurant.”
I checked my notes for a while and let that percolate with the jury.
”Now, by keeping tabs, what did that mean?”
”I was to look for whatever I could find on these people online.”
”Did Mr. Borden ever tell you why you had this a.s.signment?”
”I asked him once and he said because Mr. Opparizio wants the information.”
”Is that Louis Opparizio, founder and president of ALOFT?”
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