Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Heaviness in the Air: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

    Max then waited for the DA to come out, and he chuckled as he looked at the younger man. “You seem like you have been waiting for this, son.”“I have waited for this moment since the beginning of the case,” Max said. “But I always do. I look forward to knowing I began this with one thing, and I helped speak for the dead as well. I just want the case closed like I do for every one of them.”“No personal issues?” The DA asked as he looked at Max. “I just have to make sure.”“In the beginning, there was maybe,” Max said as he thought back to the beginning of the case. “I then began to focus on the facts, and I was able to let go of the past that I held on to. I feel sorry for the victim. I had a small interaction with all these people, but she had to live her entire life with all thi

        “Well, Anderson, your course is safe for the moment, but we did have to allocate most of the funds to the harder sciences.” The Dean of the department said as she looked at Max. “I figured,” Max said with a chuckle. “So, I can continue with the course as it is designed?” “Of course.” The two men said at the same time. “However, I do have to suggest that you open your office hours a few more days a week, and also if a student comes to you for help that you offer it.” The dean of the department said. Max knew that was him telling Max he needed to make sure that he made the department look really good. He was again just a pawn for another man’s career. In this case, he didn’t mind too much though he didn’t think that any student would ever come to him unless it was a last-ditch effort. He smiled at the two men. “Of course, I will do whatever is

              The next month went by as he noticed that he had not heard anything but the normal files coming from the station house. He had not heard about the case at all. He wondered if something happened that bombed the entire case. Though he wasn’t brave enough to call and ask. He just turned in his paperwork every weekend when he went into his office to check on things. At school, he was well known as the person who the students never went to for extra help unless they really needed it. He actually didn’t mind that. He was pretty happy except for the case continuing to be hung over him. He went to all of his classes and fended off a few overzealous females a few times. He began to wonder if he would ever really be free. He knew that he had to finally break down and ask ab

        He had everything for the classes he was gone for set up. All that had to be done was the students had to watch the video he posted to YouTube. Then they had their assignments to be written and emailed to him. This was the best way to handle everything. The kids seemed to enjoy the fact they would not have him in class for a few weeks. He went over to Mack and Henni’s house the night before they began heavily prepping for the trial. He needed one night without thinking about anything but the future. He smiled as he got there because it was one of the little monsters birthday’s the entire group was going to be there. He smiled as he got there, and Mack clapped him on the back. “Almost ready for this?” Mack asked. “The party or the trial,” Max asked as he looked at the other man. “Right now, the party,” Mack said. “The trial can wait. But there is a surprise that you will find out about.”

    Three weeks passed, and he had been in the courthouse twice. Both times he had given his testimony, and on cross-examination, he had been hammered on the stand. It was just like he thought it would be. They tried like hell to tear his character and his professionalism apart. Neither time was successful, though. Max did not do what they had expected him to do and lose his cool on the stand. He had not shown an ounce of emotion. Instead, he responded with more professionalism than the lawyers for the defense had. It was remarked on many times. The first trial had only been a week long. Philip had tried to testify on his own behalf, and that was his major downfall. The things that the defense had got excluded from the trial were able to be brought up because of the man’s own hubris. He boasted about things on the stand that people had to wonder if he was healthy mentally or not. The jury had only been out for a day when they came back and r