Orange County Noir (Akashic Noir)
“He said, not for the first time, "Marcus struck me as a young man who deserved a second chance more than a third strike," and, adding a fresh bit of friendship massage, "especially given an upstanding, God-fearing sibling like you to keep him grounded on the road to good citizenship.""Amen, Judge, sir, amen to that, and you seeing it for the truth. Marcus, he ain't had nothing hard to drink ever since, but only once where I needed to slap him around some to keep a shot-a the hard stuff from cur...sing his lips."They reached the conference room.Before turning the key in the lock, Ondel assured him, "You'll be safe as my own son in there, Judge, what with Lomax secured tighter than a virgin's precious jewel. It's a precaution worth taking, since no telling what all could happen if that murdering cuss was crazy enough and free enough to go for your jugular.""Lomax hasn't been tried and convicted yet in my courtroom, Ondel, so fairness dictates we withhold judgment until all the evidence is in and a jury renders its verdict.""What you say, Judge, but you might sing a different song if you saw him up close here, days in and out, and listened to his mouthings.MoreLess
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