To Take Up the Sword
“McCoy stared down a courtroom full of noisy lookie-loos and thugs. A few folks who needed to be there, and ten times that many looking to stir up trouble. Press from every major network throughout the US had flown in to get the story firsthand on one Ashton Smythe.
Smythe was once Niccolo Gueraldi’s right-hand man and his favored hired killer for knife work. Gabe was sure Judge McCoy knew it. The jury knew it, but the law demanded evidence to prove Smythe’s involvement. There was none, or at le...ast not any longer since the diamonds that would have sealed his fate had never been recovered. The judge stared the defendant in the eye, knowingly. Worst of all, Gabe was sure Ashton Smythe knew he’d be acquitted. Legally, the court’s hands were tied. Sometimes he hated the law he fought so hard to uphold.
The courtroom fell silent as the judge slammed his gavel on the wood block for order. “Now, listen here. I’ll have order through these proceedings or the room will be cleared.” The judge turned toward the jury.MoreLess
Smythe was once Niccolo Gueraldi’s right-hand man and his favored hired killer for knife work. Gabe was sure Judge McCoy knew it. The jury knew it, but the law demanded evidence to prove Smythe’s involvement. There was none, or at le...ast not any longer since the diamonds that would have sealed his fate had never been recovered. The judge stared the defendant in the eye, knowingly. Worst of all, Gabe was sure Ashton Smythe knew he’d be acquitted. Legally, the court’s hands were tied. Sometimes he hated the law he fought so hard to uphold.
The courtroom fell silent as the judge slammed his gavel on the wood block for order. “Now, listen here. I’ll have order through these proceedings or the room will be cleared.” The judge turned toward the jury.MoreLess
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