Brutal Obsession (The Safeguard Series, Book One) by Kennedy Layne

Author:Kennedy Layne [Layne, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Military
ISBN: 9781943420100
Publisher: Kennedy Layne Publishing
Published: 2016-07-25T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

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Ashlyn’s eyes literally burned, as if she’d tilted her head back and purposefully poured sand into them. Her neck ached from all the stress combined with creating the motion to recuse herself from the case at this late date. It would be filed with the judge’s clerk first thing in the morning.

The judge could and might still refuse her stated reason for the petition; however, that was very unlikely given the circumstances and the fact that her second chair—one of her least favorite people—had been there for all of the court appearances…save one.

Ashlyn’s stomach was nauseated over what she had to do and why, and she was exhausted from the constant fear of something happening beyond her control. It did occur to her that the defendants of her case might be involved, but that was highly unlikely considering the people involved. They were pedophile flesh merchants and not too technically skilled when it came to computers. That was one of the reasons the FBI had been able to build such a solid case against them. She would have had herself a good cry if she’d thought that would do anything to relieve her situation.

The last motion was finally completed. Ashlyn sighed in resignation as she stood from her desk and started toward the office door. Keane’s phone had all but been attached to his ear since they’d gotten here, but she couldn’t worry about what he was setting up when she was busy disengaging from the very case she’d worked so hard on for the last six months.

That was not to mention the pile of cases she and her team had worked up for the pending court dates she might or might not be able to attend. If she was out of commission for too long, all of her caseload would be reassigned and her team would be broken up to work for other prosecutors. She might as well start all over again, having lost the confidence of the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney’s Office after failing to carry out her assigned task.

At least Ashlyn had a great team of paralegals to help her get everything filed and transferred to Bishop Vance in this last case. He wasn’t her choice. The boss assigned second chairs after the court determined the docket. Bishop was the only one left standing now that the music had stopped.

Ashlyn was grateful that Mia and Parker had come into the office when she had called at two o’clock this morning to help her with the endless amounts of paperwork that had to be done in regards to such a process. It made her uncomfortable to put Mia in Bishop’s crosshairs, especially since her team would be aiding him through closing arguments and awaiting reassignment. Bishop had the ability to charm a cobra, but Mia was an adult and smart enough to know when someone was blowing smoke up her skirt. As for Andrew Rutledge, he’d have to consult with one of the other federal prosecutors regarding the Haung case.

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