Faith and Justice by Peter O'Mahoney

Author:Peter O'Mahoney [O'Mahoney, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roam Free Publishing
Published: 2019-07-09T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 23

The sweat started to build under Tex Hunter’s shirt.

The more he thought about sweat, the more it built. The sweat was a reaction to walking through the busy halls of the prosecutor’s floor; so many people hurried past him, filling the air with tension, desperate to get somewhere, to tell someone something that they obviously thought was critical, maybe even life or death.

The staff moved like they were the only ones wearing the white hat, like they were the only ones that were virtuous. That annoyed Hunter. He knew what their job entailed, he knew how much they sacrificed to bring justice to the community, but he also knew they got things wrong.

That was when he felt like he was wearing the white hat.

The halls were narrow and dimly lit. He could barely see the people pushing past him, but when he reached the main office, the light flooded in from the tall windows. There were too many office cubicles to count, filled with junior lawyers filing paperwork, and at the end of the floor, the offices of the senior prosecutors.

He walked through the cubicles and was surprised to see the name of the opposing lawyer still on the door. He thought that her life would’ve fallen apart after he found information about her mother being a murderer.

He had underestimated her strength.

“Mr. Tex Hunter, it’s been a while.” The prosecutor stood at the door, welcoming him into her spacious office. “And I can’t say that I’m happy to see you after what you told me last time we saw each other.”

“Michelle Law.” He drew a breath. “I must admit that I was surprised to see your name on the file. I didn’t think that you would continue practicing law after what happened.”

“I’ve got nothing else, Tex.” She shrugged. “I took a four-month sabbatical after the Sulzberger case. I took time out to go and sit in the sun in the Bahamas, but I’ve never been so bored in my entire life. What a horrible, boring experience. I was sipping Mojitos, but I had nothing else to do. I ended up researching local cases and sitting in the courthouse. I’ve been back at work here two months now, and I’m in the swing of things.”

“How’s your midlife crisis coming along?” Hunter closed the door behind him.

The office was well lit and roomy, but still, it felt suffocating. The desk sat prominently in the middle of the room, a lamp on one side and a computer on the other, while the walls were dark wood paneling with a lone piece of art on the left-hand side. The brown abstract painting did nothing to lighten the mood.

“I’ve had many, many midlife crises.” She smiled as she sat down. “And I had my first at twenty-five, which doesn’t really say much about my longevity.”

Michelle Law ran her hand over the top of her hair, her black hair pulled back so tightly that it almost gave her a headache. Her black dress also didn’t lighten the mood, but that was the way she liked it.

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