Judge Timothy Bussfield dropped his suit jacket across the foot of his bed and loosened his tie on the way to the shower. He was trying to pace himself, but the coming evening promised to be one of the most pleasurable he’s had in a while, and he was having a hard time keeping his excitement in check.

It’s been a while since he’d felt this way, a very long time. Maybe he was becoming jaded. Years of doing the same thing day in and day out with hardly any ...