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. So who s the meanest person you ve ever arrested? What are you doing? Nick gasped.Caleb cracked an evil grin. You have things you can t resist doing.This is one that is a moralimperative to me. Must rankle bullies.You re going to get jack-slapped.Caleb frowned at him.Jack-slapped?Slapped so hard you forget everything you know, i.e., you don t know Jack & jack-slapped.Caleb rolled his eyes.Nick didn t say anything else as he sat there, trying to figure out why they would think he d rapedsomeone when it was the most repugnant crime he could think of.Who had accused him?And why?When they got to the jail, they were gruffly hauled out of the car and into the building.As soon as they stepped through the doorway, Nick saw a familiar face, but he wasn t sure what to make of it.Virgil Ward, attorney at law.And in Virgil s case, blood-sucking attorney took on a whole newmeaning, since he was also a vampire.His dark hair was short, but slightly shaggy.With it brushedback from his face, he didn t appear much older than Nick or Caleb & to Nick, anyway.But Virgilmanaged to project a much older persona to everyone else.Those around him saw Virgil as someonein his midthirties.Dressed in a tailor-made, expensive black pinstriped suit and a pair of blackFerragamo shoes, he wore a dark purple shirt and a dark gray, purple, and black tie that had miniatureskeleton bunny heads and crossed bones all over it. Gentlemen, he said, inclining his head to the officers escorting them. These are my clients.Itrust you ll take good care of them. The larger officer growled in frustration. I should have known.& I suppose you want them put intothe special holding section. It would be prudent. The other officer growled again. They re not going to start eating each other or one of us, arethey? Virgil laughed. They re not zombies, men.But one of them does have special dietary concerns youmight want to note. The larger officer grumbled.Virgil winked at Nick, then projected his thoughts to him.Don t worry, kid.I know it s your firsttime here.But we re set up to deal with our special needs detainees.Special needs? Dude, I don t ride the short bus.Good for you. Cause some days, I definitely do.That was not comforting when coming out of the mouth of your attorney.As they walked past a group of deadly-looking gangbangers, one of the bigger members lunged atNick with a snarl as if he was going to attack him.The moment the man did, it sent an electricalcharge through Nick.One that put all of his senses on high alert and made his heart race with gleefulexpectation.Suddenly Nick saw and heard everything with a shocking clarity.And instead ofcowering, he lunged at the gang member, wanting to taste his blood.The man s eyes widened, before he backed down.Against his conscious will, Nick tried to break out of the policeman s hold so that he could go backto the gangbanger.Caleb cut him off. Look at me, Nick. For several heartbeats, he couldn t understand what Caleb had said. Nick! he shouted.That finally broke through the cloudy haze. W-w-what? Remember what I said about your father? Yeah & Nick felt it, too.Being around this many people who were corrupted by hatred and rageand violence, it was like being a wind-up toy that someone had snapped the spring in.His powerswere fully charged and he felt more alive than he ever had.It was a heady concoction.He looked at Caleb. Do you get the same& He wasn t sure what to call it. Thrill? Not to the extent you do.That fun little nugget is unique to your species alone. And he was right.He totally got it now why his father stayed in prison.It was like breathing infresh air and sunshine.Bad analogy since only an idiot would breathe in the foul body odor, urine,and vomit stench that permeated the building, but that was the closest example he could think of.The cops took them to a special booking room that was reserved for Virgil s clients.They wererudely searched, fingerprinted, and then photographed.Honestly, Nick wanted to cry as it broughtback his one and only other arrest when he d been a kid.And while they d hauled him to the station intheir car, they hadn t booked him.It was so humiliating.He glanced over to Caleb as guilt stabbedhim.He was the only reason Caleb was here.God love Caleb for his loyalty.Nick cringed as he looked down at the bright orange jumpsuit they d forced him to change into.Heck, they d even confiscated his shoelaces. I m sorry, Cale.I didn t mean to get you into this. He shrugged. Trust me, this is neither the worst nor the most humiliating thing I ve ever gonethrough.And while we re here, you should pray that this is the worst thing that ever happens to you. Point well taken.Still, it stung.While he hadn t always been the best person and had done somequestionable things, he d never really thought he d ever be arrested for real, with real felony chargesthat carried a hefty prison sentence if he was found guilty.That was the kind of thing that happened topeople like his father and the scum his father ran with.And now it had happened to him.They were escorted to a room that had a single holding cell.Luckily, it was empty.The cops putthem inside it, then had them hold their arms through the bars so that they could uncuff them.Once thecops were gone, Virgil came in to talk to them. Rape and theft, huh? I didn t do it. Virgil didn t respond to his statement. They claim they have you on surveillance. Nick shook his head. It s a lie.I didn t do anything. Caleb leaned against the bars. When did the alleged crimes occur? Virgil pulled out his PDA and opened a file. The theft was late last night just before midnight at ajewelry store, where you took cash and a single necklace.And the rape occurred around 3 A.M.Where were you at those times? Home.In bed. Virgil made a note. You have any witnesses? No.I was in bed alone. Poor you.In more ways than one.Without someone to corroborate your whereabouts & and withthem having photographic evidence& Virgil grimaced. Look me in the eyes, kid. Nick did.After a minute, Virgil blinked, then made another note. Okay, you re telling the truth.By the way,Nick, you have the most screwed-up life.You re either boring as all get out, or you re about to die.There s no middle ground with you.You might want to work on that. No kidding. So what do you think they ll do to him? Caleb asked. I wish I had a better answer for you, but & It all depends on who our judge is.We can have hismom say he was home.However, the prosecutor is going to say that kids slip out of their homes allthe time without their parents knowing it.Nick has a bad record for violence at school. Defending myself! They won t bring up the why, Virgil said coldly, only the fact that you ve been in trouble, manytimes, for fighting at school.And that you were recently hospitalized for fighting. I wasn t fighting! Virgil arched a brow at him. Given your record, do you think any judge or jury will buy the factthat you laid on the ground while someone hit you and you didn t fight back? Nick winced.Another valid point.But & it was the truth. You should have filed a mugging report, Virgil said under his breath.Nick growled at him. I didn t want to get the kid into trouble. No good deed goes unpunished.And for that, you might spend the rest of your life in prison.Goyou. Nick refused to believe that.It couldn t happen that way.It couldn t. I thought the law was allabout getting to the truth? Virgil burst out laughing. Stop watching Law and Order, kid.Courts don t care about the truth.The only thing that matters is what you can prove.It s not innocent until proven guilty. It s I have anopen case log thicker than the New Orleans and surrounding parishes phone books and I need to closesome of them [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. So who s the meanest person you ve ever arrested? What are you doing? Nick gasped.Caleb cracked an evil grin. You have things you can t resist doing.This is one that is a moralimperative to me. Must rankle bullies.You re going to get jack-slapped.Caleb frowned at him.Jack-slapped?Slapped so hard you forget everything you know, i.e., you don t know Jack & jack-slapped.Caleb rolled his eyes.Nick didn t say anything else as he sat there, trying to figure out why they would think he d rapedsomeone when it was the most repugnant crime he could think of.Who had accused him?And why?When they got to the jail, they were gruffly hauled out of the car and into the building.As soon as they stepped through the doorway, Nick saw a familiar face, but he wasn t sure what to make of it.Virgil Ward, attorney at law.And in Virgil s case, blood-sucking attorney took on a whole newmeaning, since he was also a vampire.His dark hair was short, but slightly shaggy.With it brushedback from his face, he didn t appear much older than Nick or Caleb & to Nick, anyway.But Virgilmanaged to project a much older persona to everyone else.Those around him saw Virgil as someonein his midthirties.Dressed in a tailor-made, expensive black pinstriped suit and a pair of blackFerragamo shoes, he wore a dark purple shirt and a dark gray, purple, and black tie that had miniatureskeleton bunny heads and crossed bones all over it. Gentlemen, he said, inclining his head to the officers escorting them. These are my clients.Itrust you ll take good care of them. The larger officer growled in frustration. I should have known.& I suppose you want them put intothe special holding section. It would be prudent. The other officer growled again. They re not going to start eating each other or one of us, arethey? Virgil laughed. They re not zombies, men.But one of them does have special dietary concerns youmight want to note. The larger officer grumbled.Virgil winked at Nick, then projected his thoughts to him.Don t worry, kid.I know it s your firsttime here.But we re set up to deal with our special needs detainees.Special needs? Dude, I don t ride the short bus.Good for you. Cause some days, I definitely do.That was not comforting when coming out of the mouth of your attorney.As they walked past a group of deadly-looking gangbangers, one of the bigger members lunged atNick with a snarl as if he was going to attack him.The moment the man did, it sent an electricalcharge through Nick.One that put all of his senses on high alert and made his heart race with gleefulexpectation.Suddenly Nick saw and heard everything with a shocking clarity.And instead ofcowering, he lunged at the gang member, wanting to taste his blood.The man s eyes widened, before he backed down.Against his conscious will, Nick tried to break out of the policeman s hold so that he could go backto the gangbanger.Caleb cut him off. Look at me, Nick. For several heartbeats, he couldn t understand what Caleb had said. Nick! he shouted.That finally broke through the cloudy haze. W-w-what? Remember what I said about your father? Yeah & Nick felt it, too.Being around this many people who were corrupted by hatred and rageand violence, it was like being a wind-up toy that someone had snapped the spring in.His powerswere fully charged and he felt more alive than he ever had.It was a heady concoction.He looked at Caleb. Do you get the same& He wasn t sure what to call it. Thrill? Not to the extent you do.That fun little nugget is unique to your species alone. And he was right.He totally got it now why his father stayed in prison.It was like breathing infresh air and sunshine.Bad analogy since only an idiot would breathe in the foul body odor, urine,and vomit stench that permeated the building, but that was the closest example he could think of.The cops took them to a special booking room that was reserved for Virgil s clients.They wererudely searched, fingerprinted, and then photographed.Honestly, Nick wanted to cry as it broughtback his one and only other arrest when he d been a kid.And while they d hauled him to the station intheir car, they hadn t booked him.It was so humiliating.He glanced over to Caleb as guilt stabbedhim.He was the only reason Caleb was here.God love Caleb for his loyalty.Nick cringed as he looked down at the bright orange jumpsuit they d forced him to change into.Heck, they d even confiscated his shoelaces. I m sorry, Cale.I didn t mean to get you into this. He shrugged. Trust me, this is neither the worst nor the most humiliating thing I ve ever gonethrough.And while we re here, you should pray that this is the worst thing that ever happens to you. Point well taken.Still, it stung.While he hadn t always been the best person and had done somequestionable things, he d never really thought he d ever be arrested for real, with real felony chargesthat carried a hefty prison sentence if he was found guilty.That was the kind of thing that happened topeople like his father and the scum his father ran with.And now it had happened to him.They were escorted to a room that had a single holding cell.Luckily, it was empty.The cops putthem inside it, then had them hold their arms through the bars so that they could uncuff them.Once thecops were gone, Virgil came in to talk to them. Rape and theft, huh? I didn t do it. Virgil didn t respond to his statement. They claim they have you on surveillance. Nick shook his head. It s a lie.I didn t do anything. Caleb leaned against the bars. When did the alleged crimes occur? Virgil pulled out his PDA and opened a file. The theft was late last night just before midnight at ajewelry store, where you took cash and a single necklace.And the rape occurred around 3 A.M.Where were you at those times? Home.In bed. Virgil made a note. You have any witnesses? No.I was in bed alone. Poor you.In more ways than one.Without someone to corroborate your whereabouts & and withthem having photographic evidence& Virgil grimaced. Look me in the eyes, kid. Nick did.After a minute, Virgil blinked, then made another note. Okay, you re telling the truth.By the way,Nick, you have the most screwed-up life.You re either boring as all get out, or you re about to die.There s no middle ground with you.You might want to work on that. No kidding. So what do you think they ll do to him? Caleb asked. I wish I had a better answer for you, but & It all depends on who our judge is.We can have hismom say he was home.However, the prosecutor is going to say that kids slip out of their homes allthe time without their parents knowing it.Nick has a bad record for violence at school. Defending myself! They won t bring up the why, Virgil said coldly, only the fact that you ve been in trouble, manytimes, for fighting at school.And that you were recently hospitalized for fighting. I wasn t fighting! Virgil arched a brow at him. Given your record, do you think any judge or jury will buy the factthat you laid on the ground while someone hit you and you didn t fight back? Nick winced.Another valid point.But & it was the truth. You should have filed a mugging report, Virgil said under his breath.Nick growled at him. I didn t want to get the kid into trouble. No good deed goes unpunished.And for that, you might spend the rest of your life in prison.Goyou. Nick refused to believe that.It couldn t happen that way.It couldn t. I thought the law was allabout getting to the truth? Virgil burst out laughing. Stop watching Law and Order, kid.Courts don t care about the truth.The only thing that matters is what you can prove.It s not innocent until proven guilty. It s I have anopen case log thicker than the New Orleans and surrounding parishes phone books and I need to closesome of them [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]