Baby steps...

PvSH is coming out in small sections. Today I worked on Simon returning home from Barrington after the trial being continued for two weeks. He's all but proven the case against him is bogus, but ADA Walstead wants time to verify the evidence he presented. Just more tricks by the DA's office to protect some lying cops. But Simon is aware enough to know this will not go well.

I'm using a situation in NYC, some years back, as inspiration. A cop was in a small wreck and blamed the driver of the other car for hitting him. The driver was arrested, booked and threatened by the DA's office over a situation that should have been handled by a written citation. He was facing a couple years in jail if he didn't take a deal.

Thing is, there was a home security camera that caught the whole thing. It showed that the cop had gone the wrong way down a one-way street, was being forced to back up by an oncoming garbage truck, and he hit a legally parked car.

What's more, the man he arrested wasn't even the driver of that car. He was in the passenger seat and had to climb over to the driver's side to get out. And what did the DA's office do when face with this evidence? Fight it...then finally just dismiss the charges. And the cops are still on the beat despite filing a false report and lying under oath, as best I can tell.

There are stories like this all over the country, so I'm no longer worried about this seeming like it's crazy or overdone. I just need to make sure it reads right,

Anyway, this part includes Simon growing depressed and stopping to take a nap in a text stop on the freeway, where he remembers why he finally accepted that his lover, Doyle, was an abuser. Which was what made him quietly move to Houston. No word to anyone about where he's going...or maybe he'll lie about it. Not sure about that, yet, but that may make more sense.

So I guess I'm going to keep writing piecemeal until it starts to blend together.