Someone Out There

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Author: Catherine Hunt
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his hands to stop the protest, his usual smooth manner just a tiny bit ruffled.
    ‘Different judge, I’m afraid. Frankly, I’m surprised at this. It’s quite unnecessary.’
    ‘How long before I get them back?’ Harry growled.
    ‘Depends how quickly we can get it listed for a hearing. Then, when we get it overturned, the court order has to reach the bank.’ He smiled reassuringly. ‘Shouldn’t be too much of a delay.’
    ‘How long, Ronnie? That’s what I want to know,’ Harry demanded. He had learned long ago never to expect Ronnie to give a direct answer containing a specific fact for which he could be held accountable later. That was the way with all lawyers, wasn’t it? You just had to keep on asking the question.
    ‘Of course, I can’t give you a date,’ Ronnie said, nettled, ‘but take it from me, it will be all right.’
    ‘If you say so,’ Harry said without conviction.
    ‘There’s something else. I’d like you to see a psychiatrist,’ the lawyer said, successfully distracting his client from the bank accounts.
    ‘Me? You must be joking.’
    ‘Unfortunately not. The allegations they’re making about the emails, we need to take them seriously.’
    Ronnie was on home ground now – the emails had the whiff of crime about them and he was an astute criminal lawyer. He had wanted chapter and verse on everything in the divorce submission. Everything except the email allegations. He didn’t want to hear about them. If Harry had broken the law, and Ronnie knew about it, he wouldn’t be able to act for him in criminal proceedings if Harry chose to deny it later. Better, then, that he didn’t know.
    ‘Are you intending to say I’m mad?’ Harry snarled. ‘I thought you were supposed to be on my side.’
    Ronnie was annoyed. He was doing his best for the man. He’d said at the beginning he didn’t want to take on the divorce. He’d made it clear he was not a specialist but Harry had insisted. Ronnie understood why, but still thought his friend should hire an expert. He had assured Harry that financial disclosure to another lawyer could be ‘finessed’. But Harry would not budge. In the end, Ronnie had reluctantly agreed. He wasn’t going to take any flak, though, now the going had got tough.

    ‘I’m sorry if you’re not satisfied with the way I’m handling things,’ Ronnie’s tone implied that Harry would be most welcome to go elsewhere.
    ‘I don’t want to see a shrink.’
    ‘It’s the only safe way. We need a mental health defence in place in case the allegations cause problems. Prepare the ground for saying that whatever you did, you did it when your mind was unbalanced by the stress and trauma of your marriage breakdown.’
    ‘If you say I’m crazy I’ll never get to see my daughter,’ Harry said, furious.
    Ronnie looked at him impatiently.
    ‘You’ve got to be realistic, Harry. You’ll just have to take your chances over Martha. There’s a lot of very nasty stuff alleged about what sort of husband and father you are. The priority now has to be to look after yourself and your assets.’
    ‘That fucking lawyer has twisted everything. It’s lies, all of it. She needs to be taught a lesson, needs to learn she won’t get away with it,’ Harry spat out the words.
    Lying sleepless in his bed, the desire for retribution was strong, like acid eating into his soul. He was not going to let some smart lawyer destroy him, a lawyer who had turned his wife into a vindictive, ungrateful bitch of the first order.
    Harry had met Anna eleven years ago when she was twenty-two and had applied for a post as his PA at his main office in Hove. By mid-way through the interview he was craving her. Not surprisingly, she got the job. A year later they were married. He was thirty-four, his property development business had taken off, and he wanted a wife and children. He had thought her so sweet, so loyal, and so terribly in need of him. But he had been wrong, totally wrong. She had thrown

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