"Court is adjourned!"

My lawyer suggested a temporary recess due to my overwhelming emotions.

As the judge dropped the hammer, I was muddled and pushed out, and in the hallway, I saw Lyle.

He was smoking, the curls of smoke rising from his long fingers, and a puff brought my eyes to his face.

He was the same as I knew him to be, young, calm, confident, and from the first moment I saw him, he did not look like a rogue, like a man who did something big.

Not many ...