The Words I Speak (Anyone Who Believes Book 2) by Jones Jeffrey McClain

Author:Jones, Jeffrey McClain [Jones, Jeffrey McClain]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: John 14:12 Publications
Published: 2015-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

Vindication

Kellen arrived in the Denver area the day before Willow’s next hearing, appearing at the jail during visiting hours on that Tuesday morning. He was early enough that they would have time to go over all of the details of the case as he had received them from the government.

“You look like you might be getting a bit tired of this place,” Kellan said, when he approached the table where Willow waited alone.

“It shows?” she said with a weary smile.

Kellan nodded.

“Too much time to think in here.”

“And no cellmate now?”

“No, not since the last one was released, and not since Bobby Nightingale showed up to see me.”

“He came to visit you?” Kellan said, confused by Willow’s mention of Bobby in the context of cellmates.

Willow enjoyed the stunned look on Kellan’s face as she explained the incredible visit from the famous miracle man.

“He’s the one that Beau Dupere said was the greatest miracle worker in the country,” Kellan said, as he adjusted himself to Willow’s extraordinary story. “And you’re getting tired of being in here?” he said, in a teasing tone.

The necessity of the hour drove them back to business, Kellan taking time to carefully explain the case the government had built. Knowing her innocence, it might have been difficult for Willow to contort herself to embrace the integrity of the federal prosecutor, but one result of seeing into the lives of other people by supernatural means was increased sympathy. Willow had learned to accept that people sincerely and honestly believe all sorts of fictitious explanations for their world. She had seen up close hundreds of samples of such self-deceit.

Resting her chin on the top of both hands, her elbows on the cafeteria table, Willow grinned slightly and shook her head, rotating it as if it were attached to those two hands and not her neck. “Are you worried?” she said, trying to read Kellan.

“Only in the sense that I never seem to find the limit to how wrong people can be. According to what I know, there should be no problem. But, if the court is determined not to allow for any kind of supernatural revelation to explain your information, then they have to grasp for whatever they can put into its place. Fortunately, the law demands proof, so my best hope is that, even if they don’t believe you, they will have to let you go, for lack of solid evidence. As it is, this delay before sending the case to a grand jury, or dismissing it, is extraordinary. The backroom conversation between the state and the federal court must be very unusual. But I guess we already knew all this is unusual.”

In court the next day, Willow waited with Kellan for the judge to enter the room. Mr. Walters, the assistant U.S. attorney, and only one colleague conferred quietly just eight feet away, but Willow made no effort to comprehend their conversation. It didn’t seem to pertain directly to Willow’s case.

The bailiff called the courtroom to stand. As the judge entered, Willow turned toward him and silently prayed for him.

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