Two weeks after Philip d'Autremont is acquitted of his wife's murder, it's time for him and his partner and lawyer, Charles Barnett, to start building their life together. But it turns out that not everyone in Atlanta is as ready to leave the trial in the past as Charles and Philip, and a surprise attack leaves Charles in the hospital and Philip's arm in a sling.<br><br>With thoughts of their own mortality fresh in their minds, Charles and Philip make a decision that will change their lives forever. Future plans and home renovations take their minds off the attacks, but the danger isn't over yet: the people behind the attacks are still at large, and they weren't acting alone.

Tribulation

“Are you Tommy?” I asked the young man standing in front of me.


“I’m Philip d’Autremont. Follow me, and I’ll show you where the computer is.” I led him up to the study and booted both my computer and my laptop for him. “I’m an author, but I can’t type very fast right now with this thing on my arm. How difficult will it be to install voice recognition software on both machines?”


“I’d also like to hire you to give me a couple of hours’ training, or as much as you think I need. By the way, I never got to thank you for the computer work you did for my trial.”


“Dude, your boyfriend kept my sorry ass out of jail a few years ago. As far as I’m concerned, I still owe him big-time.”


He quickly installed the software on both machines and configured it to work with WordPerfect. Then he said, “Your laptop has a built-in microphone, but I’ll have to get one for your desktop.”


Chapter 33