"Mr. Moran, you just got up and walked around to my side of the table. That's why your voice got louder. Then you touched me forcefully with your hand on my shoulder in a threatening manner and stared at me with a fierce look on your face while you cursed at me."
"Why do you keeping talking in a loud voice like that? You're not even paying attention to what I'm saying."
She pushed his hand hard from her shoulder. "Now do what I tell you and everything will be just fine. Walk back around the table and sit back down. I want to explain something to you."
He was incensed. "I don't know what you're up to, smartass but-."
"No, no, no. Save all the expletives, you'll need them later. Now walk back around the table and sit down. I'll explain everything to you."
He stared at her for a moment. She returned the stare. Then he stomped furiously back to his chair and stood breathing heavily with his arms folded across his chest.
She said, "Everything you've said the last few minutes was recorded."
He looked at his recorder. "I can erase the tape. You'll never get it."
"No, not your recorder, my phone. It's been on the entire time. A phone at the other end is receiving my call and has a recorder attached to it. I've recorded everything you've said to me from the start. An undercover detective in Philadelphia taught me that trick."
He looked surprised but recovered quickly. "To start with, I checked your phone and it was off. Even so, it would be illegal! You can't record a phone conversation without the permission of all parties. It has no value whatever."
"But I didn't record a phone conversation. I recorded you in this room, the same as if I were wearing a wire."
"Well, finally I meet you, and it turns out you're not the smart girl everyone thinks you are. Do you know what you've just done? You've just outsmarted yourself. You've secretly recorded a Florida state attorney! Even the FBI can't do such a serious thing without a warrant from a judge. If you attempt to use the recording, I'll have immediate grounds for your arrest. Something I've been wishing for since you arrived in town. Thank you very much, Miss Reid."
She didn't respond, just gave him a bold look.
"So it's a stupid trick you tried to pull, and it didn't work."
She just looked peacefully at him.
He looked over at her phone, then at her, and back to the phone. "I don't believe you recorded anything."