Relief at last

By the time it was the day for the first appearance in court, which was the fourteenth day of the new year, Ryan was a nervous wreck. Over the past fourteen days, he had lost more weight than anyone should in such a short frame of time, and despite the fact that Margie had had his best suit well-ironed, it hung loosely on his frame, emphasizing just how much weight he had lost. He stood docilely in front of a mirror, while Margie fussed and fussed with the suit, trying her best to make sure that he looked perfect. He did not have the heart to tell her that there was no amount of prodding that would make the suit fit him as well as it once had, except it was amended, and there was no time for that.

It was surreal to think that Angela had all but disappeared from off the surface of the earth with Taylor and that despite the efforts of the police and the private investigators that he had hired to find her, there was simply no trace of her anywhere. To worsen matters, he had not heard fro