Mountain Top by Robert Whitlow

Author:Robert Whitlow
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

MIKE LOOKED AT THE BLINKING LIGHT ON THE ANSWERING machine in the kitchen.

“Do I want to check our messages?” he asked Peg.

“It’s up to you.”

“Go into the great room and rest. I’ll listen to this batch.”

Mike pressed the button. The first call was from a woman who’d recently started attending the church and promised, without a hint of condemnation in her voice, to pray for him. The second was from Greg Freeman.

“Mike. Call me at the office as soon as possible.”

Mike phoned the lawyer’s office.

“Mr. Freeman is at the courthouse but should be back shortly.”

“Is his calendar clear?”

“Yes, and I know he wanted to talk with you.”

“I’ll be there in a few minutes.”

Mike listened to three more messages: two slanderous, one supportive. He went into the great room.

“The messages are cleared. I’m going into town to meet with Greg Freeman.”

“I put the checkbook for the money market account on the counter in the kitchen. He asked me for a retainer when I talked to him about your bond.”

“Did he quote an amount?”

“Yes, $10,000 for you and $10,000 for Sam.”

Mike swallowed. “It’s not out of line for a felony arson charge. I’ve charged more than that myself, but it wouldn’t leave us much in the bank if we have to front Sam’s retainer, too. After Greg runs through that money, I’m not sure what we’ll do.”

“Maybe we can become one of Sam’s miracle stories.”

Mike tried to push away anxiety as he drove down the hill into town. Greg Freeman’s office was located on the second floor of a small office building on the opposite side of the courthouse from Forrest, Lambert, and Arnold. Mike parked on the street and walked up a flight of stairs. Freeman’s name and suite number were painted in black on a glass door. Mike stepped into a reception area about the same size as the cell he’d occupied at the jail. The retainer requested would go a long way toward paying the lawyer’s overhead for the rest of the year. At the sound of the door opening, a young woman came around the corner.

“Mr. Andrews?”

“Yes.”

“He’s waiting for you.”

Mike followed her down a short hall and stepped into a plain, rectangular office with a window overlooking the courthouse square. A picture of dark-haired Greg Freeman with his wife and baby daughter prominently occupied the corner of the desk. Freeman stood and shook Mike’s hand. Mike took out his checkbook and placed it on the desk.

“Thanks for working with Bobby to get me out. I’m prepared to pay the retainer for myself and Sam. Since he’s not doing well, I don’t want to delay moving forward on his release.”

“Hold on to your money for a few more minutes,” Freeman replied. “We may need to renegotiate. I went over to the courthouse and met with Ken West and Melissa Hall, who, by the way, easily won her first case at my expense yesterday.”

“Hopefully, Sam and I can give you more to work with.”

“It wouldn’t be hard. West and Hall tossed out a couple of facts that would hurt us.

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