Q1: what does "just a piece of all of it" mean?
Eli leaned across the table. “Whatever she did, or planned to do, she didn’t deserve to die for it.”
“You’re kinder than I. But we can take it back to its roots. Your an-cestor committed murder out of greed, cast off his own sister, for the same reasons. Without that, we wouldn’t be here. I’m really just a piece of all of it.”
“Believing that may help you get through the next few weeks.” Eli got to his feet.
Once more, Abra put a hand over his as she rose. “For the sake of your children, I hope your lawyer is as good as you believe.”
“Thank you. I really wish both of you all the best.”He had to walk out, get out. “Jesus Christ” was all he could say when Abra gripped his hands.
“Some people are twisted, in ways that don’t show. In ways they themselves don’t see or understand. It may be circumstances that twisted her, Eli, but she’ll never really see it.”
“I could get her off,” he stated. “I could get her off with five years, and she’d only do two.”Q2: what does "she'd only do two"mean?
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Q2: what does "she'd only do two"mean?
-- She would be sentenced to five years in jail, but she would only have to serve two years (after which she would presumably be paroled)
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