124 The Debt

Judge Ramirez trembled after he got the call from Mr. Phyllis Wayne. He was on their porch, browsing on his morning paper when he called him.

How could he approve a marriage dissolution for a couple whose marriage he himself had pronounced? Aside from that, he saw how they were strongly bound by true love and devotion. He saw it in their eyes. They had long lived together as a happy family and even had a child, how could his conscience allow him to break it?