Justice

  The sun had still not risen, but there were signs on the horizon that it would soon. The stars and the moon had disappeared and the blackness of the night sky was slowly being replaced by the wan light of the upcoming day.   Despite the early hour, a car was being driven down […]

  Elizabeth McKinley crossed the threshold of the police station with two plastic bags in one hand and her handbag in the other. She was around thirty years old, rather tall, thin, blond, blue-eyed and beautiful. She was used to hearing she would have been better off as a model than as a police inspector. […]

  “She’s Faith Lehane.” Elizabeth stated.   She looked up from the photos and saw that her three colleagues were staring at her blankly.   “Faith Lehane?” Mark repeated in a dubious tone, with a wide grimace on his face. “Who the hell is that?”   He turned to Marina and John with a questioning […]

November, 2000 – Los Angeles, California Elizabeth McKinley hurried along the silent courthouse hallways. She glanced at her watch for what felt like the hundredth time in the last hour. She hadn’t expected the traffic on the way to LA to be so bad. She didn’t go to Los Angeles often and forgot each time […]

Elizabeth observed Faith for a few moments from behind the one-way mirror. The brunette looked to be doing better. She managed to sit, although she needed to steady herself against the wall behind her. Her wrists were tied together, just like her ankles. She looked tired. Elizabeth drank a mouthful from the cup of coffee […]