Chapter One

HenrySaturday, September 8, Galveston, Texas Even before dawn, the Gulf was roiling. By mid-morning, the city began to flood. Sister Elizabeth Ryan had bogged down quickly after leaving town. From the front of the wagon, she squinted ahead blindly into the rain, looking for the large golden cross atop the girls dormitory building. She kept More

Contempt

My uncle and law partner and I were trying a case together in Bay City, Texas. In Matagorda County. Larry was the lead lawyer and I was there in a ‘second chair,’ supportive role. We represented a company which had fired one of its employees who’d failed a drug test. The man’s position was that More