The Lemonade Crime

Scott approaches Jessie in the playground and tells her that his mother—an actual professional lawyer—will be acting as his lawyer. She tries to insist that the trial is “kids only,” but she knows that Scott has the right to be represented and feels that she has no choice but to allow Scott’s mother to be his lawyer. This makes her far more nervous about the trial happening after school. Jessie sets up the playground with jump ropes and frisbees to separate sections of the court and indicate where people should sit. David Kirkorian arrives in a graduation robe and looks very authentic wearing it and standing on a milk crate.

As the trial begins, Evan is taken aback by the unusual sight of Jessie behaving as a confident leader. This is normal at home, but she is usually quiet and shy at school. Evan looks at Scott, looking characteristically nonchalant and confident and remembers an incident when they were younger when Scott started to lose a game of pick-up sticks that the two boys were betting on. Scott got his father to intervene, knowing he would stop the game as the boys were betting. Evan remembers the situation resentfully, reflecting that Scott always seems to get his way.