#TripleX by Christine Zolendz & Angelisa Stone

Author:Christine Zolendz & Angelisa Stone [Zolendz, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary
Published: 2015-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

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“I don’t even—do you realize—” the judge frowns, shakes her head, and rubs her temples. “Let’s start with, I counted at least five criminal acts in one day—”

“You’re Honor,” I yawn and hiccup nearly simultaneously. Giggling, I cover my mouth, and say, “Pardon me.”

“Yeah seriously, if you could just ‘pardon us,’ then we could get out of your hair, and be on our way,” Christine pipes in with authority.

“Nooo, this is the part of the story where you’re going to realize that we’re just a couple of do-gooders just doing good all over the country,” I encourage.

“Oh that’s right. On our last night in Chicago, we morphed into a couple of bounty-hunting vigilantes,” Christine confirms excitedly.

Sighing, “A vigilante is actually derogatory, implying that legal authorities are inadequate and unable to perform their jobs efficiently,” the judge clarifies.

“Exactly,” Christine nods.

“No!” I shake my head, elbowing her. “We just meant—mean—that we were helping out, because y’all get so busy and bogged down. Plus, you didn’t see what we saw and all—”

“Just go on,” the judge orders, taking a long drink out of her water bottle. My mouth dries and waters metaphorically as I lick my lips, trying to find moisture from the cottony-coating that had overtaken my mouth. “Ms. Stone, is there something you’d like?”

“Oh my God, if you could just give me one sip—just like a little drop—”

“Did you really just ask the judge for a drink of her water?” Christine sighs, shaking her head at me.

Pushing the intercom button on her phone, the judge speaks into the air, “Please bring in two more bottles of water.” Making a note on a post-it note next to her, she adds, “Go on… tell me how you took the law into your own hands and saved the world.”

“Ummm, you’re not going to hold any of this against us, are you? Like what we say in here is all confidential and stuff, right?” I ask naively.

“How have I spent three months with you and not realized how incredibly stupid you are?” Christine marvels. “Of course she is. We’re talking to a judge! A judge in court! After being thrown in jail! She’s going to use all of this against us.”

“Then why in Hell would you tell her about the ecstasy, smoking pot, and stealing bikes?” I scream, incredulously.

“Do you really think she gives a crap about what we did over a month ago in Chicago? That’s not her jurisdiction, but now that I think about it, I’m not so sure telling her about ‘you-know-what’ is such a good idea,” Christine lowers her voice through gritted teeth.

“I disagree. I think she’s going to see us for who we really are—good people,” I explain.

“Quiet!” the judge snarls. “For some ungodly reason, I do care. I care, because something, something I cannot quite figure out, brought you two women to my city and into my courthouse, and I would really like to know the details behind it.

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