“No ambulance. The neighbors will talk. I just made partner; I don’t need police in my house.”
He crouched down, grabbed me by the hair, and yanked my head back.
“Listen carefully. I’m a lawyer. I play golf with the Sheriff. If you say one word, I’ll have you committed to a psychiatric ward. You’re an orphan; who do you think is going to believe you?”
The pain turned into a hell of rage. I stared straight into his eyes.
“You’re right, David. You know the law. But you don’t know who wrote it.”