Bad Blood

Can a person be born bad? Vanessa’s brother was. His life’s mission was to con and steal, and he didn’t care how he accomplished it or who got hurt. He set fire to his late mother’s house for the insurance money, and the fact that Vanessa was surely inside was simply a minor detail.

Except she wasn’t, and he was the one who perished instead. At least she's sure he did. Even the fire marshal is sure. Propriety dictates that she mourn him, but she can't. She's relieved to finally move on with her life, resume the career that he’d shattered. She finds work with an attorney who only represents the worst of the worst; then one day, sitting behind her boss in the courtroom, she notices that the defendant beside him looks too familiar.

It isn’t possible. Is it?