After the adjudication meeting concluded, I was invited to attend the celebratory reception.
Amid the clink of glasses, my assistant walked up to me and reported in a low voice, "Director Dunphy, Mr. Hammer in the lobby downstairs has been kneeling there since this afternoon. The security guards have tried to escort him out several times, but he refuses to leave.
"It started pouring rain in Feldmore just now. He was forced onto the steps outside the building, and it looks like he passed out. Should I call an ambulance for him?"
I swirled the champagne in my goblet, not even raising an eyebrow.
"Blocking public passages is the municipal police's business, and medical emergencies are for the emergency center to handle. There's no need to report this to me."
The assistant nodded and left
