Breach of Trust
“Madison ordered a piece of fish. The Caesar salads and bottle of wine arrived as Madison laid out her game plan.
“The name Warren Palendech mean anything to you?” she asked me.
It did. I’d read about him the same day the papers covered Greg Connolly’s death. Justice Palendech was a member of the state supreme court until he died from a heart attack, at roughly the same time Greg Connolly was found on Seagram Hill, facedown and pants down, about ten days ago.
Ever the quick learner, I noted, “The governor appoints a replacement until the next election.”
“Exactly.”
“But that’s not much time,” I said. “The general election is this November.”
She looked at Charlie. “It seems our lawyer needs some schooling on the law.”
Apparently she knew something I didn’t, which wasn’t surprising when it came to the laws governing our elections. But I didn’t appreciate her comment and wasn’t going to bite.
“It’s too close in time to the next election,” she explained.
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