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District Attorney Skitters settled down behind his wide, mahogany desk, licked one grey paw, and slid it down the bridge of his nose.\u00a0 The Mooney file spread out before him like a half-finished jigsaw puzzle.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod, I hate to start a Monday like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He opened Outlook and scanned through a couple dozen e-mails that had been sent to him over the weekend.\u00a0 He deleted a few casually, then honed in on business.\u00a0 Stepping gingerly onto the keyboard and moving in slow circles, he responded to a few judges about upcoming cases and sent out a terse response to Police Commissioner Faraday\u2019s request for an extended deadline on a few evidence reports.<\/p>\n
Skitters settled back down into his chair and activated his Blackberry, summoning his assistant team to his office.\u00a0 They filed in within a few minutes and took up their usual spots around the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll right, tell me what we\u2019ve got in the frying pan,\u201d he hissed.<\/p>\n
Whitey piped up first.\u00a0 \u201cWell, boss, I just got back from Criminal Court D.\u00a0 Judge Litz is still stonewalling us on this drug court thing.\u00a0 He\u2019s just refusing to transfer all this penny-ante bullshit and then going so far as to threaten the prosecutors with contempt of court when they show up one minute late for possession cases that are going around on their fifteenth continuance.\u201d\u00a0 Whitey sneezed into his chest and licked his face quickly.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a goddamn shuck and jive!\u201d<\/p>\n
Skitters lapped some coffee.\u00a0 \u201cRelax, Whitey, I\u2019ll sort Litz out.\u00a0 Meanwhile, we getting anywhere on that plea bargain with those two hard-hitters in the Jenkins case?\u201d<\/p>\n
Silky\u2019s green eyes darted away then back to his.\u00a0 \u201cThe offer\u2019s hanging out there like a dangling string,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cStill waiting for that greaseball Loriano to convince his clients that it\u2019s in their best interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep me posted.\u00a0 All right, gang.\u00a0 Get out there and do some good.\u00a0 Silky, you hang back.\u201d<\/p>\n
The assistant DAs hopped out of their chairs, stretched fully, then scampered out of the room.\u00a0 Silky watched them all leave then crept closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanted to see me, sir?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m at my wit\u2019s end with this Mooney case.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re tense, I know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what I was thinking, calling my shot\u2026going out there and saying I\u2019d prosecute the case myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silky nuzzled his nose, just briefly.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ve still got the heat.\u00a0 You just need to fire it over the plate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time, Silky.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u00a0 But the people in this town trust you.\u00a0 You\u2019ll find the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks, kid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s discuss the strategy over dinner sometime.\u00a0 You like wet food?\u201d<\/p>\n
Skitters turned up the corner of his mouth in a cool smirk.\u00a0 \u201cMy doctor says I shouldn\u2019t, but\u2026yeah.\u00a0 Every once in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silky began to purr.\u00a0 \u201cThen I\u2019ll see you at seven.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[68,77],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","tag-cassander","tag-skitters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}