To
be perfectly honest, I didn’t anticipate that the Omnibus Hearing on Friday
would be quite so interesting. I had dressed carefully in a suit and
even styled my hair using a hairagami to make a bun. I love those
things by the way; super-fast and easy even for the fashion inept! Well
I managed to get out of the house on time (que milagro), and Ashley didn’t
complain too much about being left with Gisela. The hearing was
scheduled to start at 9 am, and I was in the area by 8:30. Since I
had been unable to find any information regarding the location of the hearing,
I stopped at the jail. After the guards at the desk couldn’t help
me, they told me to go through security to speak with the clerk of courts for
that building as she would have that information. As I waited in
line, I quickly removed any items on my person containing metal parts and
placed them in my purse to go through the x-ray machine. I walked
through and set off the detector which I had never done in all the time I had
come to this same building to visit Alberto. I removed my shoes
thinking the buckles might be the issue and stepped through again. BEEP BEEP
BEEP! I took off my bracelets next to walk through again. BEEP BEEP
BEEP! ¡Chin! I came back looking confused and the guard
asked if I had anything in my hair or any other body jewelry that was not gold
or silver. I couldn’t think of what would be causing the detector to
go off so the guard used the wand to discover the source. It was my
hair, more specifically it was the hairagami that was folded into my hair to
create the bun that looked so nice. After discovering the source, I
pulled it out of my hair, set it down, and walked through without a
hitch. That was 10 minutes of my time out the window for trying to
look nice.
So
after I got through security, I approached the clerk of court to get the
information. As I was talking to her I had pulled another hair
binder from my purse and was securing my hair in a bun without the use of the
dratted hairagami. I had to spell out Alberto’s full name for her
and was informed that court was being held in the Government Center across the
street and that it would be on the 17th floor. Great! I
rushed out of the jail and moved with surprising speed towards the Government
Center. I found where I needed to be and discovered I would have to
go through security again which took up another 10 minutes because I had
several people in front of me. The guard on crowd control was
surprisingly chipper, and I managed to get cleared without taking everything
off again. After getting into the elevator and cruising up to the
17th floor, I was greeted by emptiness. There was not a single
person to be found on this floor until an attorney emerged for another
elevator. I found the courtroom for the Judge assigned to the
hearing and sat down to wait for Brian. He said he was going to be
late since he had another hearing in another building that had started at
8:30. I did not speak to anyone, nor did anyone speak to me when the
interesting portion of the hearing started.
I
sat through a hearing regarding why a first void urine test should not be
admissible in court for a DWI charge. I don’t have much
sympathy for the people who drive while intoxicated and well just leave it at
that. Brian arrived moments after that hearing ended and pulled the
prosecutor out into the hallway. When they reentered the courtroom,
Brian nodded at me and proceeded to the Judge’s chambers with the
prosecutor. What in the world is going on here? About 15
minutes later Brian returned and we left the courtroom. He told me
as we were walking down the hall that we had requested a continuance because he
did not yet have a copy of the discovery. We continued talking and I
mentioned to him what I had overheard the prosecutor say and how they had
discussed everything. He did not want to give me an official opinion
until he had seen the discovery, but he was relatively sure that they couldn’t
have known my identity so this was not an act. Brian also said that
we were lucky in other respects because the Judge assigned to our case was a
reasonable man and as a newer Judge he was much less likely to be
cynical. We have the rescheduled Omnibus hearing on July 26th so I’m
hoping I can be there even though I’m scheduled for jury duty that week. ¡Híjole!
A
few hours later, Brian emailed me scanned copies of the discovery and I would
be lying if I said that I was not profoundly disturbed by what I read. You
see, included within the Discovery was a copy of Nemesio’s medical
records. I always knew there was something off about Caña, but for
him to be capable of this even with the help of a friend is chilling. We’re
going to stop right there on this section. Moving on!
I
got Alberto’s suitcase by FedEx today. I sorted through all the
pockets and threw all the clothing in my washing pile since I don’t know when
it was last cleaned and it all smelled like sneaker rubber from the shoes he
had in there. I found toothpaste with no toothbrush, dental floss picks,
lotion, deodorant and cologne, a broken cellphone with charger, his bus ticket,
and a dog-eared envelope. I recognized the envelope as one I had
sent him some cards when Rosa left the country, and the cards were still in
there! It made me smile to see that he had brought those cards with
him to Cuidad Juarez. Dios mío como lo extraño.
I
don’t have much else to report so I’ll call it a night. Dulces
sueños a todos!
“The
best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep
and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when
for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is
reality, and it really happened.”
Unknown
Ciao
Interesting
Spanish words/phrases from this post:
Que
milagro: A miracle, what a miracle
¡Chin!: Bummer,
Darn it
¡Híjole!: Holy
smokes
Dulces
sueños a todos: Sweet dreams everyone!
Dios
mío como lo extraño: My God how I miss him
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