Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

at the elevated bench, his white hair combed back flat, reading through a thick blue folder under a green shaded lamp.

Raymond pulled out a heavy oak chair for me at the defense table, and I sat down, placing my canvas tote bag on the floor between my feet.

Julian and his attorney, a young man with a shiny forehead named Mr. Vance, sat at the opposite continue reading …