In the end the wall was the only reason there was anything left to save.

Chapter 19 — Suffocating

The silence in the courtroom turned suffocating.

Ainsley sat down heavily and rested his forehead in his hand.

He knew his license to practice law was evaporating in real time, in a public room, on a record.

Judge Merrion closed the case file with a sharp, heavy thud that echoed off the mahogany walls.