Elaine is a twenty-five-year old African American woman who works under District Attorney Christopher Locke. She is a competent attorney and her mother is Loretta Wager, the first African American US Senator to hold the office in California. Elaine has mocha-colored skin that is reminiscent of fine Italian marble. She has long and shapely legs with a waistline that is thin. Her face is Assyrian and she is tenacious in her job as prosecutor. She lives in a one-bedroom apartment on the twelfth floor which is located on Franklin, just to the north of Geary Street near Lafayette Park. She attended Boalt with Arthur Wade and is stunned by his murder.