The presiding judge of Hamilton County's Common Pleas Court was hearing the request. He was appalled that one of the county's prosecutors had been acc...sed of taking money to circumvent justice. The prosecutor had denied the charge, of course, but the presiding judge tended to believe the magistrate on the matter. After all, there were a lot of things that didn't make sense in the case, ranging from the abrupt change in the arraignment time to the fact the prosecutor had refused to accept calls. I drink from the falling water its taste clean and sharp. The thrumming of the water in my head and chest the only sound. Finely I move from the water to the sunlight, in the distance I hear thunder not from the water but that of a summer storm. Looking up I see to the west a thunderhead and looking south through the cleft, I see dark clouds and the deep darkness of the woods, yet I am on the edge of this storm. The sunlight still shines down on this spot making the forest beyond this place. Especially over the tomb this vamp was visiting. I felt apologetic towards her and wanted to know who her deceased relative really was.3‘Who does this tomb belong to, your sister perhaps? I’m sorry if wedisrespected her by having sex on it.’‘Actually, I’ve no idea who this tomb belongs to. I was hungry andlooked around for someone to feed off and I saw you. Since you were so good looking, I thought I’d turn you at the same time. I know a lot of Goths come here at night especially on full moons. Mike shrugged his shoulders, and went to the mailbox – bills, circulars, nothing out of the ordinary – he put it on the table, went to the fridge, and got himself a soda – then went into the kitchen. The evening menu was, as always, on the fridge door – two lists – one for Mike to do, one for Chen to do – Mike started doing the prep work and making the salads, so that when Chen came in, everything would be ready for him to make quick work of dinner. In the back of his mind though, Mike was.