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Chapter 2: Hunter

The man, who had run into the "crazy woman", had driven to the parking lot outside of the courthouse. When he entered the courthouse, and headed toward the office area, he was greeted by the pretty, red-haired receptionist. "Good morning, Hunter." Her eyes widened when she saw the large and rather noticeable coffee stain. "What happened to you?"

"Morning, Stacey. A woman ran into me, so my morning cup of coffee is now my suit's worst nightmare." He said with a half-smile and she could only nod because she had to answer the ringing phone on her desk. Hunter turned and went down a hallway and headed to his office.

Hunter had tried to wipe off the coffee but the damage had already been done, so he was deciding which suit to wear, since he kept a couple of spare ones in his office.

"What happened to you?" asked a kind, yet strong female voice.

Hunter looked up and saw the blond-haired, blue-eyed Assistant D.A. "Morning, Alex. Some girl ran into me and since I had a nice, steaming cup of coffee in my hand, it went flying at me. She didn't get a drop on her." He added almost as an afterthought.

A small smile came to the pretty Assistant D.A.'s lips. "Was she pretty?"

Hunter gave her a look. "That doesn't matter."

Alex combated the look with a dazzling smile. "Did she at least apologize?"

"Yeah. She said she was going to pay for the dry cleaning bill. I have to go to where she works tonight." He explained, as he grabbed the navy blue suit, with a slate gray tie instead of the black suit that had a dark green tie.

"Really? So, you're going on a date. You just met this woman." Alex teased.

Hunter shook his head. "No. No, it's not a date. She's just going to pay my dry cleaning bill. That's all."

"Uh-huh. She must have been very pretty." Alex grinned.

"I'll meet you in twenty minutes." Hunter said as he escorted Alex out the door.

"Alright. I'll see you. Don't forget the Diego file." Alex said as Hunter nodded and shut the door. Alex smiled as she headed to her office to pick up a few files before the trial began.

Kim had returned to the office do some research for the two PIs a couple of hours earlier. Butch was making his rounds, speaking to the regulars and introducing himself to the new customers, while Kendra, stood behind the bar to take in any orders from the other waitress or if one of her customers waved her down, she would go to them and write down their order or bring the hot pot of coffee over if she knew that is what they wanted.

A blond-haired boy, about sixteen or seventeen came in and sat down at the bar. "Aren't you a little too young to be in a bar?" Kendra asked the boy with a straight face.

"This is a bar and grill and my brother is a friend of Butch's." He replied.

Her eyes roamed his face and focused in on his blue eyes. "You're a Malloy, aren't you." It was more of a statement than a question. She sighed and clicked her tongue. "Just what I need, another Malloy in the bar bugging me about his order."

Butch returned to the bar, having left a table of two regulars roaring in laughter. "Kendra Stone, meet Tommy Malloy." Butch introduced them.

"Pleasure to meet ya, Tommy." She said with a kind and warm smile as she held out her hand.

Tommy took her hand gingerly but gave a firm shake. "Nice to meet you, Kendra." He said politely.

Kendra noticed that he was a little nervous and her smile became even warmer to try and make him feel comfortable. "Excuse me, I have to go and check on Bob and Alice. They probably want some more soda." She left the bar and headed over to the nice-looking couple who were in their late fifties and were obviously regulars.

Carlos and Trent entered the bar and they each took a bar stool on either side of Tommy. They had noticed the exchange between Tommy and Kendra before they had entered the bar.

"She didn't scare you, did she?" Carlos asked jokingly as he gave Tommy's arm a light punch.

"Uh…no. She didn't scare me." Tommy replied uncertainly as Carlos and Trent both chuckled.

"Carlos, now why would Tommy here be scared of me?" Kendra asked as returning to the bar with two glasses to refill with root beer.

"Well, Kendra, seeing as you tend to regularly scare customers out of the bar, that Tommy might be a tad anxious to be around you." He said with a straight face but his eyes were filled with laughter.

Kendra gave Carlos a wicked smile, but there was humor reflecting in her eyes. "I only scare away the customers who are either rude or get on my nerves, Carlos."

"So, Tommy, why are you here?" Trent asked, changing the subject.

"Mom was wondering where you were, since you didn't come home last night." Tommy answered as he took a sip of the root beer that Butch had given him while Carlos and Kendra were talking.

"Oh. It was too late to call and say that I slept on Carlos' couch." Trent said, taking a sip of coffee that Butch had just placed in front of him, since the bartender had taken note of the dark circles under the younger man's eyes.

"You still live with your mother?" Kendra teased.

"Hey, he gets homemade meals. It beats having takeout or TV dinners." Carlos said.

"I was just teasing Carlos." Kendra said.

"I know. But, it's true; his mom's cooking is delicious." He said taking a sip from his mug of coffee.

"How often do you eat at the Malloy house?" Kendra asked with a grin on her face.

"Whenever I can." He remarked with his charming grin.

"Which is just about every other day." Tommy clarified and ducked as Carlos' arm came to playfully smack him on the head.

"Boys." Kendra said, shaking her head, as she grabbed a customer's check.

All of them just grinned as she walked away heading toward her waiting customer.

Alex and Hunter had arrived in the courtroom promptly and after a couple hours of going through expert testimony, it was time to speak with the only witness.

Hunter got up from his prosecutor's chair and stood before the witness stand where a twenty-year old woman with black hair and eyes sat looking a little nervous.

"Ms. Strand, please tell us what happened on the third of April of this year."

"I was working in the office." She said and then paused for several minutes.

"And from the office you saw Mr. Diego selling drugs and then as he assaulted the man with a deadly weapon?" Hunter prompted.

"Objection! He's leading the witness, your Honor." The defense lawyer, Mike Thompson said standing up from his chair. He was in his late forties and was very thin with thinning hair on top of his pointy-head.

"Sustained. Please allow the young lady to speak for herself, Mr. Prescott." Judge Reynolds said firmly.

Hunter nodded his head, wanting to roll his eyes because of the prickly lawyer but he restrained himself and noticed something in the witness's eyes and his instinct told him to try a different tactic. "Ms. Strand, have you ever seen Mr. Diego before the third of April of this year?"

Ms. Strand shifted in the chair and shook her head. "Please say yes or no, Ms. Strand." Judge Reynolds asked.

"I…uh…" As Ms. Stand stumbled over her words, Hunter could tell that she was wringing her hands behind the wall that consisted of the witness box.

"Yes, I've seen him before. It was mid-February and I was working late in the office, doing some filing for Mrs. Walton when I heard something outside the office. I went to look out the window, the one that faces into the alley, since we are on the second floor and I saw that man," she pointed to Mr. Diego, "shoot someone in the head. It was on the news, his name was Billy Pillar."

"Why didn't you tell the police?" Hunter asked.

"I was so frightened and I was right to do so, he threatened to kill me if I testified against him today." Ms. Strand answered, gathering strength from somewhere deep within herself that she didn't even realize she had.

"Your Honor! My client…" Mr. Thompson started, but the story that Ms. Strand had just given had already done its damage.

"Take Mr. Diego into custody. The court is adjourned until the police investigate this matter and the prosecution can get everything in order. Also, this court will allow time for the defense to look over the information that the prosecution will provide to them. Bailiff, please take Mr. Diego back to his cell." Judge Reynolds pounded his gravel and made it official.

Hunter turned slightly to look at Alex who gave him a smile as the bailiff was heading to the defense table to retrieve Diego. "I'll kill you, Prescott!" Diego screeched as he jumped over the defense table toward Hunter.

Hunter jumped to the side; just barely avoiding a punch from Diego, except Diego was a lot quicker than Hunter realized when the man's other fist came and collided with Hunter's right eye. Hunter's head snapped back and he stumbled backwards toward the judge's desk but he was able to grab onto the desk with his hand and steady himself before he crashed into it.

"Get him out of here!" Judge Reynolds bellowed and the bailiff, with help from a couple of officers that had happened to be in the courtroom, rushed to obey. They grabbed Diego before he could throw another punch. The bailer was able to handcuff the man who was like a wild beast and with the assistance of the police officers, took him away.

Alex ran to Hunter, who just gave her a wave, signaling he was all right. "Are you alright, son?" asked Judge Reynolds.

"Yes, sir. I'm alright." Hunter said, as he took a deep breath.

"Are you going to press charges?" The judge asked.

"Yes, sir." He replied firmly and with determination.

Hunter and Alex left the courtroom and headed back to their respective offices, to call the police about the murder that Diego had committed and to start building a murder case against him.

guardianM3: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I hope the courtroom scene was believable if I've made any blatant errors, please let me know. I know there hasn't been any adventure/action yet but there will be soon. Reviews are always welcome.