High in Trial
“The food was good, and it was usually so late by the time they got there that the family hour was over and the place was relatively quiet. The restaurant was open until midnight, so they could relax in a booth over dessert and coffee for an hour or two and unwind from the day.
Tonight, however, Buck was having a difficult time leaving the day behind. And Wyn, who’d always had one of the keenest detective minds he’d ever known, was just as intrigued as he was over the Berman case. She studie...d the file over a cup of soft serve vanilla ice cream, her hair falling forward to shadow her face as she absently licked the ice cream off the spoon.
“Bad dude,” she observed, turning a page. “Three assaults, walked on every one. Forgery, fraud, possession… I can’t believe he never did time before this.”
“That’s because he never came up before Judge Stockton before,” Buck said. The red vinyl seat creaked as he leaned back against it, stretching out his legs, sipping his coffee.MoreLess
Tonight, however, Buck was having a difficult time leaving the day behind. And Wyn, who’d always had one of the keenest detective minds he’d ever known, was just as intrigued as he was over the Berman case. She studie...d the file over a cup of soft serve vanilla ice cream, her hair falling forward to shadow her face as she absently licked the ice cream off the spoon.
“Bad dude,” she observed, turning a page. “Three assaults, walked on every one. Forgery, fraud, possession… I can’t believe he never did time before this.”
“That’s because he never came up before Judge Stockton before,” Buck said. The red vinyl seat creaked as he leaned back against it, stretching out his legs, sipping his coffee.MoreLess
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