the turk returns

By skyedog

JUSTICE #2

MERHABA MY FRIENDS

THE JURY RETIRED TO `MULL` OVER THE
EVIDENCE.
HE TRIED TO READ THE JURORS FACES, TO
GIVE HIMSELF HOPE, NONE WOULD LOOK
HIM IN THE EYE. HIS HEART SANK LIKE A
STONE AS THE DOOR CLOSED BEHIND THEM.
HE THOUGHT OF HIS WIFE, HE KNEW SHE
WOULD NOT WANT HIM TO TAKE REVENGE.
HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO LIVE FOR NOW,
THAT `MAN` HAD TAKEN EVERYTHING HE LIVED
FOR, AND IT HURT HIM DEEPLY.
THEY HAD BEEN TOGETHER FOR FORTY TWO YEARS,
UP`S AND DOWNS, THEY HAD THERE SHARE OF
THOSE, THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING
INTO A NEW, AND PROBABLE THEIR LAST HOME
TOGETHER. BUT HE TOOK ALL THAT AWAY.
HE HAD BEEN TO HIS WIFE`S GRAVESIDE EARLY
IN THE MORNING, TALKING TO HER, A SAD LONELY
FIGURE, POURING OUT HIS HEART AND SOUL.
AS THE SUN ROSE ABOVE THE TREE TOPS, HE SAID
HIS FAREWELLS, BELIEVING THAT HE WOULD NEVER
RETURN TO HER AGAIN.
SO RAPPED UP IN HIS THOUGHTS, THAT HE NEVER
HEARD THE COMMOTION FROM THE GALLERY AS THE
JURY REAPPEARED.
THE JUDGE CALLED FOR `SILENCE`, BEFORE TURNING
TO THE FOREMAN OF THE JURY.
HE WAS IN TURMOIL, SWEATING AND BREATHING HEAVY,
HE WAS READY TO DO WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.
THE JUDGE ASK THE FOREMAN, `HAVE YOU COME TO A
DECISION`. THE FOREMAN, LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE
JUDGE, REPLIED THAT THEY HAD REACHED A
UNANIMOUS DECISION.
HE WAS ON HIS FEET, GRIPPING THE RAIL IN FRONT OF
HIM, READY TO DO `JUSTICE`.

TURK ;(}
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND MY FRIENDS

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