I was shocked. What could"ve happened? Maybe a car accident or a violent crime, or a heart attack. Younger guys than Joe had dropped dead suddenly. That"s why they call those early attacks "widow makers". Well, there wouldn"t be any more bickering now, and there wouldn"t be a divorce either. Those poor kids, Leah and Lainie, had been through so much already and now to lose their dad--it was tragic. There wasn"t much I could do for that family, except leave them to their grief. Of course, if Becca needed anything, I"d try my best to help her.
It occurred to me that I hadn"t finished preparing the order from our last hearing. Now I didn"t need to, I"d be filing a dismissal instead. While I thought I"d seen everything before, this was a first for me, and I needed to think it through. Because
