It's Hard For Me To Believe Someone

Hailey [as A Character] Was Born When I Left The Courtroom And Moved To New York For Cochran And Grace, My Tv Show With Johnnie Cochran. I Moved With Two Boxes Of Clothes, A Curling Iron, And $300; I Didn't Know A Soul In The City, So I Would Come Home At Night And I'd Be All Alone And Just Write. I Missed The Courtroom And [what Led Me To The Courtroom] So Much I Wrote About It. After My Fiancé Keith's Murder, I Had Never Thought I Would Have Children - I Thought That It Was Not God's Plan For Me To Have A Family.

I Was In The Courtroom Prosecuting Violent Felonies For Well Over A Decade.

I Love To Cook. In Fact, At This Exact Moment, I Am Trying Something New: I Am Cooking A Whole Chicken In My Crockpot, Which I've Never Done Before. I Browned It With Garlic Powder, Salt And Pepper, And I Put A Bunch Of Celery And Onions - Which I'll Have To Hide From The Children Because They Claim To Hate Onions - And I'm Going To Make Homemade Mashed Cream Potatoes. I Always, Before I Leave For Work In The Morning, Have Supper Cooking. That Way, When I Come Home And They Come Home From School, There's All Kinds Of Good Smells In The House.

With Keith's [my Fiance] Murder, I Was Changed. I Thought I Would Be A Prosecutor Forever, But There Were So Many Days When I Would Leave The Courtroom During A Trial, And Go Down The Hall To The Ladies' Room, And Go Into A Little Stall, And Cry.

If I Dare To Tear Up Or Shed A Tear, Then I'm Criticized For That As Well! It's A Horrible Double Standard, But Quite Frankly, I Don't Have Time Enough To Fight That Battle And Fight Crime. I Chose To Fight Crime And Ignore The Rest. I Just Keep Going To The Best I Can.