Chapter 11 Hal's Secret
Hal and Stephanie pulled up in front of his parents house.
"Okay let's go in." Hal said to Stephanie then he opened the garage with the opener then he parked the car in the garage.
Hal then noticed his dad standing in the doorway.
Hal got out of the truck and then helped Stephanie out of the truck.
"Dad, can we stay here for a little while?" Hal asked his father.
"Did you come to your senses and decide to join me in my firm?" His father asked him.
"Yes, dad and I will join your firm, now please can we stay here?" Hal once again asked his father
"Hal you are a lawyer." Stephanie said in shock.
"Yes, and this is my father Harold the first."" Hal told Stephanie.
"Huh you mean that you are a Junior and you are named after him" and then she added, "I need to sit down somewhere."
"Come on in and welcome home Harold." Hal's dad said to him. Then Hal and Stephanie followed his dad inside to the kitchen which was huge. Stephanie could see a two sink combination and the wall across from the two sinks was a microwave above a stove/oven. She also saw a large counter space and in the middle of the room there was an island.
"Hal, I am not feeling well can I go somewhere and lay down." Stephanie said to him.
"All right let's go" and then he took her hand and walked out into the living room when she got to the living room she saw his law degree hanging about the fireplace next to his father's.
"So this is yours, and you graduated from Yale University." Stephanie said to Hal.
"Yes, it is his and I am giving him my Law Firm if he wants it?" Harold Senior said out loud.
Hal sat down on the couch from the shock of what his father just said. "Dad please say the again."
"I want you to have the firm, and I have a case for you right now if you and interested." Harold Senior told his son.
"What is the case?" Hal asked him.
"My client's name is Carlos Manoso and he has been arrested for starting and destroying a bar in South Trenton." Harold told his son.
Hal led out a deep breath and asked, "Can I see his file dad?"
"Sure it is right here" and then his father handed his son the file.
He took a look at the file and said, "I will take a look at the case for you and then I will let you know. Stephanie can I speak to you for a few minutes in the kitchen."
"Let's go" Stephanie said and then she followed her future husband into the kitchen.
"What do you want to do darling?" Stephanie said as she touched his hand across the island.
"I want to take the case, sweetie and I want to get away from Ranger." Hal said to her.
"It would be a huge change for you, and we would not get the usual death threats that we do, but it would mean that your secret of your law degree would be out and in the open. I will support you know matter what," Stephanie told her future husband.
"All right I will represent Ranger." Hal said and then he left the kitchen and went back to his dad.
"All right dad, I will accept your offer and take over the firm, let Mr. Manoso know that I will be there for his bail hearing." Than Hal went upstairs to change into his suit.
While Hal changed into one of his suits, his father called detective Morrelli to let him get a message to Mr. Manoso that his son will be working the case, because he retired and his name was Harold Thomas Jr.
Meanwhile at Trenton P.D Ranger was sitting in a cell eating lunch and Tank was having lunch with him outside the cell.
Morrelli came up to Ranger's cell and said, "Message from your lawyer, he said, that he was retiring and that his son Harold Thomas Jr. would be here in an hour and a half to talk to you before your bail hearing and by the way good luck."
"Tank I want you to do research on him, find out what you can and then get back to me and fast, before I speak with this Harold." Ranger said and then he laid down on his cot and closed his eyes.
"Manny, this Tank I need you to do a background check on a Harold Thomas Jr. he is Ranger's new lawyer Ranger want's everything on him."
"Got it Tank?" Manny said and then hung up the phone.
When Tank got back to Rangeman, Manny was waiting in Tank's office. "When you told me to get you the information on Ranger's new lawyer you did not tell that his new lawyer is Hal, here is his law degree already backgrounded from Ranger and then here is Hal's application to Rangeman and then Ranger's comments on his interview which states, "Want Harold to know Rangeman from top to bottom so I will start him as a bondsman."
"Okay then, well I have to go talk to Ranger right now." Tank said and then he took all of Hal's information and brought it with him to see Ranger.
When Tank got back to Trenton P.D. He bumped into Morrelli, "I need to speak to Ranger now," Tank told him, "No problem but only five minutes." Then Morrelli brought Tank in to speak to Ranger.
"Ranger, you're new lawyer is Hal. Our Hal." Tank said and then he handed Hal's paperwork to Carlos to read.
"Okay well I can't get a new lawyer now so I will just have to do for Hal for now, so let's see if he is any good." Ranger said.