SEVEN
May 22 6:29 p.m.Brian hit a button and waited. It felt pretty empowering to have a judge on speed dial.
“Hi, Brian,” the now familiar voice of Judge Savage said.
“Good evening, judge. Any thoughts about the guy we talked about?”
“My thoughts are that I don’t like it. I don’t want to do it again and I don’t want to get sucked into this any deeper.” There was an extended quiet and then he added, “I looked at the file one more time and I think it’s too big a stretch to do what they want. If this guy is guilty of domestic a***e, he needs to deal with the consequences. I’m not going to let this guy plead to jaywalking to protect his career or to do a senator a favor.”
“Yes, sir,” Brian replied. “I understand and I’ll tell them. I just don’t know where this goes from here.”
“I unders
