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"There are only ten of us, but I think I’ with I’ve heard soo back years His poor wife She seems nice, but downtrodden, like she knows tooabout it It’s like her generation is hard-wired to protect their husbands even when they know the men have been unfaithful Me, I can’t stand wouess that’s the way things were for thehed, really laughed, and Callie saw her navel ring dance She gasped out, "Justice Sue Oh no, he knew Eliza would have produced a spit right there, skewered him on it, and barbecued him She’d have turned him into leather No, he wasn’t suicidal"

Callie liked Sonya and was teht Eliza had slept with her stepfather, but she couldn’t get the words out of herthat Sonya would have told her if she’d seen or heard anything

Callie said, "Sonya, would you really be surprised if it turns out Danny O’Malley tried to blacklass down froers through it to lass, all without saying anything When she handed the glass to Callie, she said, "Oh yes You see, Danny always looked out for nu, he worked hard, and he was sobs of it, and unlike most of us, that’s why he came to the Supreme Court He believed it was his ticket to New York He wanted to make his mark there, nowhere else, not like Bobby Fisher who obsesses about going to LA and defending the stars"

"Was Danny bright enough to succeed in the big time in New York, do you think?"

"The truth is we all have a ticket to just about anywhere, Callie I don’t know about Danny’s future He was really bright, but sometih or thought enough about the topic to even give an opinion He trusted his ability to bullshit Maybe that’s what he did here, only this time it didn’t turn out well for him"

Sonya slammed her fist down on the counter "Why the hell would he be so stupid as to get involved with a murderer? Didn’t he care about Justice Califano’s death? Did he really believe the guy who had the balls to kill a Supre to pay him money because of any threat he made?" She shook her head, and paused "Poor Eliza She liked to think of Danny as an Irish lad filled with ideals She was really wrong"

Callie took a drink of the water, placed the glass back on the kitchen counter "What do you think about Dennis Palet over this black thing He likes to think of hih he’d never admit it I think he’d do better with one of the white Justices--conservative, liberal--it wouldn’t ive a dareen Female, now, that’s another matter Isn’t it ironic that you have sex discrimination in the Supreme Court?"

"Yes, it is And Tai?"

"He works hard, puts in his two cents, but keeps his head down He expends a lot of energy being careful about what he says and how he looks because he’s gay, and hasn’t advertised it outside our chambers I have no clue if Justice Wallace has picked up on that"

"What does Tai think of Eliza Vickers?"

"He adht at George’s Pub, that he thought she was too set her into real trouble sos she shouldn’t see, he said, and she didn’t know enough to look the other way"

Callie finally decided to ask "Did he ever say anything about Eliza and enuinely surprised "No, never As I said, Tai keeps his head down, except around me and Justice Wallace’s other law clerks Then he’ll ays

"As you can iine, rumors abound in the Court We’re always in each other’s cha each other where our Justices stand on this or that issue and e’re working on" She paused a moment "I’m really sorry about Danny I’ll tell you, Callie, if I had hihts out for being so da down her cheeks "Oh, poor Danny It’s scary This is just too close to home, you know?"