An Honest Call
Dec. 18th, 2009 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabidsamfan"My s..." he began, but caught himself. "I don't know what you're talking about."
But I had seen the flare of fear in his eyes and I pressed my advantage. "You made a devil's bargain with him to protect someone." Holmes would have known I was guessing, but the prosecutor didn't, and he shoulders slumped even as he shook his head and refused to answer.
On another occasion I might have felt triumphant. Under other circumstances I might have felt disgust.
Instead I turned and started towards the courtroom. I couldn't throw stones; I'd done the same thing after all.
But I had seen the flare of fear in his eyes and I pressed my advantage. "You made a devil's bargain with him to protect someone." Holmes would have known I was guessing, but the prosecutor didn't, and he shoulders slumped even as he shook his head and refused to answer.
On another occasion I might have felt triumphant. Under other circumstances I might have felt disgust.
Instead I turned and started towards the courtroom. I couldn't throw stones; I'd done the same thing after all.
