Last Ragged Breath
“Now Bell was sitting behind the desk in her office. At times it astonished her, the speed with which she was required to go from human being to prosecutor, from flawed woman to authority figure whose decisions could cost people their freedom, their future. If she thought about it too often, it got in her head and refused to vacate the premises. It was an impossible job. You did your best, which was all you could do—and you tried not to obsess over the times you’d been too lenient, and not prose...cuted someone who then had gone out and committed another crime, or too harsh, and ended up crushing the spirit of someone for whom a lesser punishment might have left a sliver of light under the closed door.
“Appreciate your taking the time for this today, Mrs. Elkins,” Serena Crumpler said.
Serena sat in one of the two straight-backed wooden chairs across from Bell’s desk. In the other chair was Royce Dillard, looking even paler and pastier than he’d looked when Bell saw him the day before.MoreLess
“Appreciate your taking the time for this today, Mrs. Elkins,” Serena Crumpler said.
Serena sat in one of the two straight-backed wooden chairs across from Bell’s desk. In the other chair was Royce Dillard, looking even paler and pastier than he’d looked when Bell saw him the day before.MoreLess
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