;"I thought he was high. Of course, the Judge thought the place was
worth a million.""Of course.""I figure three hundred is more likely.""We
won't get half that much. What's the appraisal based on?""It's right
here. Square footage, acreage, charm, comps, the usual.""Give me a
comp."Harry Rex flipped through the appraisal. "Here's one. A house
about the same age, same size, thirty acres, on the edge of Holly
Springs, sold two years ago for eight hundred grand.""This is not Holly
Springs.""No, it's not.""That's an antebellum town, Patriots Jersey lots
of old houses.""You want me to sue the appraiser?""Yeah, let's go after
him. What would you give for this place?""Nothing. You want a
beer?""No."Harry Rex lumbered into the kitchen, and returned Patriots
Jersey a tall can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. "I don't know why he buys this
stuff," he mumbled, then gulped a fourth of it."Always been his
brand."Harry Rex peeked through the blinds and saw nothing but Forrest's
feet hanging off Rob Gronkowski Jersey
the swing. "I Tedy Bruschi Jersey
don't think he's too worried about his father's estate.""He's
like Claudia, just wants a check.""Money would kill him."It was
reassuring to hear Harry Rex share this belief. Ray waited until he
returned to the desk because he wanted to watch his eves carefully. "The
Judge earned less Wes Welker Jersey
than nine thousand dollars last year," Ray said, looking at a tax return."He was
sick," Harry Rex said, stretching and twisting his substantial back,
then sitting down. "But he was hearing cases until this"What kind of
cases?""All sorts of stuff. We had this Nazi right-wing governor a few
years back - ""I remember him.""Liked to pray all the time when he
campaigned, family values, anti-everything but guns. Turned out he liked
the ladies, his wife caught him, big stink, really juicy stuff. The
local judges down in Jackson wanted no part of the case for obvious
reasons, so they asked the Judge to ride in and referee things.""Did it
go to trial?""Oh hell yeah, big ugly trial. The wife had the goods on
the governor, who thought he could intimidate the Judge. She got the
governor's house and most of the money. Last I heard he was living above
his brother's garage, Patriots Jersey bodyguards, of course.""Did you
ever see the old man intimidated?""Never. Not once in thirty
years."Harry Rex worked on his beer and Ray looked at another tax
return. Things were quiet, and when he heard Forrest snore again, Ray
said, "I found some money, Harry Rex."His eyes conveyed nothing. No
conspiracy, no surprise, no relief. They didn't blink and they didn't
stare. He waited, then finally shrugged and said, "How much?""A boxful."
The questions would follow, and
Ray had tried to predict them.Again Harry Rex waited, then another innocent shrug. "Where?"&

