Chapter 12 - THE COURTROOM SUMMONS
Linda arrived at the dealership just as CID agents were questioning Ryan, wailing hysterically and trying to blame me for ruining their family. An agent quietly handed her a separate subpoena requiring her appearance in civil court to answer for charges of domestic battery and harassment, stemming from the midnight hair-shaving assault documented by the medical examination I had undergone before reporting to duty. The spectacle drew crowds of onlookers, turning their public humiliation into an inescapable reality.
