Journals of Lord Malinov

the poetry of madness

evolutions

Educational and emotional, the days have slipped by.  Tess has been opening up extensively, sharing at least some layers of her turmoils, but she has boarded the bus for Oklahoma! and I expect a moderate calmness to follow in her wake.  The connection she has already re-developed with Cats is as beautiful as it is unexpected, and far deeper than I would have dreamed possible.  In the realm of human relations, goodness has an affinity for goodness, I think. 

Further information including details about the acrimonious break-up between the eX and her lawyer surfaced yesterday.  One of the strange things about being a lawyer - and everyone involved is one - is that we are, first and foremost, officers of the court.  The court can punish us swiftly and soundly.  As officers of the court, however, we have a standing obligation to report misdeeds regarding the court, in particular the misdeeds of another lawyer.  So when my eX committed matter-of-law perjury in a deposition - admitting under oath to lying under oath - a grey sort of obligation arose on the part of her lawyer to report her perjury to the court, this obligation running directly counter to his obligation to the client.

So, he's way pissed because he runs the risk of sanctions no matter what he does.  His only hope is that everyone sits down and shuts up, but his client is bonkers, so that's bloody unlikely.  Onward, soldiers.

Apparently there are layers of lies, perfidy and betrayal in that story. 

You should have seen the passion in this man as he accused me of terrible, vile crimes while his client provided outbursts of superlatives and the judge banged his gavel, shutting them up.  They were playing Perry Mason, introducing startling new evidence that was not admissible and not so startling once a better (perjurous) motion gave it a place.  Now that he knows he was lied to from day one to day five hundred, he is equally passionate.  I'm kinda hoping she blames him in court so that I can introduce him as a witness, but who am I kidding.  The minute we step into court, she goes to jail.  I can't honestly believe she would be that stupid.  I have been wrong before.  Often, before.  Over and over and over and over.

It has been a marvelous journey.  I have seen things I never dreamed could be seen.  People can be such shits.

The boys and Cats and I will enjoy the Tess-less calm and find new ways to live, love and learn.

Malinov

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