The Whole Truth by Jonas Saul
Author:Jonas Saul [Saul, Jonas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-27T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 21
THE MEETING WITH SARAH enraged him. He had been on the bench for a long time. In his court, he wouldâve declared her in contempt. He wouldâve easily given her thirty days and a fine for that level of disrespect.
How fucked you areâher last words to him.
He eyed the bottle of scotch, then went to the fridge for another water. After drinking half of it back, he opened Messenger on his phone and hit the call button for Melody.
It rang and rang until he disconnected the call.
âWhere the fuck are my kids?â he mumbled to himself.
Someone knocked on the door.
âEnter,â he shouted.
Police Chief Warner stepped inside, waited for the door to close, then leaned against the wall.
âWhatâs up now? You look defeated. It doesnât suit you.â
âYouâre not going to believe this.â
âLay it on me.â Griffin picked up a pen and idly tapped the tip on his desk calendar.
âAaron Stevens got into a fight with four gang members in the large holding cell.â
âAnd? Is he in the infirmary? Please tell me they broke a few bones.â
Warner shook his head. âOther than one punch to the face, he hasnât got a scratch on him. The other four guys didnât fare so well.â
Griffin stopped tapping the pen. âWhat?â
âWhat, as in you didnât hear me? Or what, as in, you canât believe it?â
Griffin dropped the pen. âHow is that possible? What kind of gang members were they? With a Teletubbies gang, or maybe a purple Barney club or something?â
âWe might have underestimated Sarahâs group. We canât find Parkman or Alex. Theyâve gone to ground. And anything we throw at Aaron, itâs deflected.â
âThen throw more.â
Warner moved farther inside the office. âThereâs only so much we can do without drawing attention to ourselves.â
Griffin lowered his head and rubbed his eyes. âYouâre right. And if theyâre going to be in the system for decades, we have plenty of time to ruin their lives.â
âExactly.â
âWhere are they now?â
âTheyâre in their own individual holding cells at the moment. On this floor.â
âGood. Leave them there until tomorrow. Oh, and Warner, I get their cases. They sit before me.â
âThatâs not going to happen since it was you Sarah threatened.â
âThen charge them for the Nate murder and home invasion only. Leave my name out of it.â
âYouâd be willing to forget what happened at the golf course?â Warner sounded surprised.
âOf course.â Griffin gave him a stern look. âWouldnât you if it meant Iâm presiding over their case?â
Warner seemed to contemplate that a moment. âI suppose so.â
âOh, come on. Donât let your bruised ego get in the way of true justice. The years I can give him on murder is way better than whatâs allowable by law for hurting your little wrist.â
Warner bristled at that comment. Color rose above his collar, and he crossed his arms.
âIâll get it all done, but they will lawyer up soon. Their story will come out, and itâll be substantiated by the others.â
âIn my courtroom, what I say goes, and what I say is that Sarahâs lawyer didnât instill any reasonable doubt.
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