Dead Time by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 2019-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

They had sat in the café about five blocks from their home. The place served the most wretched chili Fallon had ever tasted, but the biscuits were pretty good and the pecan pie excellent. Fallon sat next to his little daughter, who was playing with her food more than eating it, while Chris Ehrlander sat next to Fallon, across from him, enjoying tea and supper.

“You can’t blame me this time, Hank,” Ehrlander said with a smile. “I wasn’t representing Sean Crites.”

Fallon smiled, though he was in what his wife always called ill humor.

“I’m not blaming him.”

“Blaming the jury?” Ehrlander asked.

Fallon’s wife frowned. She never cared much for when Fallon talked about work, especially in front of a daughter too young to understand.

Fallon shrugged. “It just gets under my skin. I risk my life. The court lets this vermin go.”

“But this wasn’t because of something you did, Hank,” Ehrlander said. “It’s because the jury didn’t think he robbed that stagecoach. The evidence wasn’t there. Was it?”

Fallon shook his head. He looked at his own plate and realized he had played with his food more than he had eaten anything. He was as bad as the precious little girl sitting next to him.

“Maybe,” he said, and he lowered his voice into a whisper and leaned across the table, closer to the lawyer and Fallon’s beautiful wife. “Maybe I should have just killed that lowdown dog when I had my chance.”

Ehrlander sat back, his face showing concern and shock, but it was Fallon’s wife’s response that had caused Fallon to wake up instantly.

“Yes, Hank, but what if the jury was right? What if Crites was an innocent man?”

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