Anne — Michelle L. Levigne

Anne deserved a break after helping to save a battered women's shelter. As she headed for Quarry Hall and time off, she received a new assignment, this one close to home.

Common Grounds Legal Clinic already worked with the Arc Foundation. What would be so hard about assessing them for increased funding? Xander Finley, the head lawyer, was a friend, though Anne had yet to meet him. A cake assignment in friendly surroundings was just was the doctor ordered.

Even before she got to Tabor, Anne ran into trouble: carjacked, her companion, Argus, shot. She faced her first day of work worried about Argus and wearing borrowed clothes. How much worse could things get?

Shadowing Xander took her to the Justice Center, where she ran into antagonistic opposing lawyers and bailiffs, an opponent from her painful past, and suspicion from Xander's employees. Didn't they get the memo that she was there to help? Anne's frustration grew when allies became enemies, and she was accused of entrapment and then attempted murder. How come prayer was her last resort, when it should have been her first reaction to every problem?