David McClaren was unaccustomed to losing. He had been on the case of a high rank meth dealer. Everything was in order, all he needed was one lousy warrant and the judge on call was MIA. Not at home, not answering her cell phone, and no one knew of her whereabouts or they declined to tell him. Judge Gray had skipped out of all her responsibilities.
Amy had been dropping the ball. Every case she presided over had some controversy to it. Now she had forgot to request time off from on-call status for her wedding which made David questioned if Amy had prior knowledge that she wasn't going through with it. He thought it was odd that she was worked up over his opinion on her happiness. He should've known then that she was going to bail. He had an inclination that she was flaky. He wondered if her real reason for telling him to get a second witness was to stall... or maybe not.
He had to contact the presiding judge. His conscience bothered slightly him; he knew Amy had a lot going on, but he couldn't take the fall for the bad guy getting away. Besides, her personal problems shouldn't affect her work ethics. She made that clear on the Danny Hawkins case. David had to pass the buck. He had a feeling Amy wasn't suited for criminal and the call to the presiding judge was necessary regardless his opinions.
The call went as he anticipated; Judge Gray would most likely return to juvenile court upon her return. Well it wasn't said, but understood in so many words: the presiding judge stated that he was going to personally get to the bottom of Judge Gray's disregard for matters of the court. David took the position that he was returning Amy the favor she did him with the Danny Hawkins trial; she was better suited for juvenile. It was her turn to step down.