The Interests of Justice: (David Brunelle Legal Thriller Series Book 17) by Stephen Penner

Author:Stephen Penner [Penner, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Brunelle couldn’t stop thinking about the conversation with Atlas. There was one thing Atlas said that stood out in particular, and it wasn’t the part about him being nice to watch in court. It was the part about the Bar Association not liking his latest motion to stifle Huntington’s constitutional right to present a vigorous defense. He decided it might be worth the risk to hurry Leo a bit and get the complaint dismissed before Atlas and McKay had a chance to add anything to the file. So, the next morning he made a copy of Judge Kimball’s order denying McKay’s motions to dismiss for insufficient evidence and prosecutorial misconduct and went to the Bar Association headquarters to deliver them personally to Leo so he could dismiss the complaint and close the file.

That was the plan anyway.

“Oh…” The receptionist nodded slowly when Brunelle asked to see Leo. “I’m afraid Mr. Grigoryan doesn’t work here anymore.”

“Doesn’t work here?” Brunelle repeated.

“No, he took another job,” the receptionist explained. “Something with the Mariners, I think. Or maybe the Kraken? Or maybe a record label? I’m not really sure, but it was something like that.”

“Well, good for him,” Brunelle allowed. He could be happy for someone else even if it interfered with his own plans. “Do you know who took over his cases? I’m an attorney with an open disciplinary case, and I have some additional information that Leo—Mr. Grigoryan—asked me to bring him once it was available.”

The receptionist pulled her computer keyboard closer. “What’s your last name?”

Brunelle offered his name, and its spelling, and waited to learn the name of his new investigator. He hoped whoever it was would be even half as chill as Leo. He also knew better than to expect it.

“It looks like your case has been assigned to Vincent Peeves.” The receptionist frowned up at him. “Sorry.”

“Sorry?” Brunelle didn’t like the sound of that.

“I’ll see if he’s in,” the receptionist offered without further explanation.

Brunelle turned away and paced over toward the chairs on the opposite side of the lobby. They were very nice chairs, leather and modern. His bar dues at work.

“Mr. Peeves is available,” the receptionist called over to him. “If you’d like to speak with him.”

“I’m not sure,” Brunelle replied. “Do I?”

The receptionist shrugged. “I really can’t say, sir. You’ll have to make your own decision.”

Again, not encouraging. But he had come all that way, and he had brought the court order showing he hadn’t committed misconduct by doing his job.

“I guess I’ll see him,” Brunelle answered. “Couldn’t hurt, right?”

The receptionist grimaced and shrugged again, but didn’t answer his question. “I’ll let him know. You should have a seat. He might make you wait a little bit.”

“Lovely.” Brunelle dropped himself into one of those luxurious leather chairs he’d helped buy and tried not to be annoyed at being made to wait. It was a classic negotiation technique. If the investigator thought they were in a negotiation, that was actually a better power dynamic for Brunelle than he would have expected.

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