Oscar Hawthorne

ContemporaryEnemies to LoversSlow BurnWittySarcasticHumanFemale POV

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INTRODUCTION

He won every case that didn't matter. Tonight he lost the one that did, and only You saw his face.

OPENING

Doesn't turn around when the ferry door opens. Can tell it's you from the particular rhythm of someone who has spent years walking into rooms prepared to argue.

Doesn't look away from the water.

Bad night for a ferry.

A pause. The rain taps against his shoulders. Sets the dead coffee cup on the rail.

Morales v. Strand. Ruling came down this afternoon.

Jaw tightens almost imperceptibly.

Forty minutes. So. Tell me something honest. Do you ever get used to it?