The Judge Walked Past His Own Family To Speak To Me

isn’t dried out.”

I remembered then.

Not her at first. The room. The waiting area off the hearing chamber. Two women from a legal oversight panel. An older gentleman speaking quietly with a committee staffer. I had been reviewing my notes and trying not to think about Perez’s mother.

“You were there.”

“We were,” the judge said. “As guests of Senator Halpern.continue reading …