Behind the Plea

Nolan’s POV

I didn’t hear the rain when it started. I’d been in the office since sunrise and hadn’t looked up in hours. The room was dead quiet except for the low hum of the AC and the soft clicking of keys under my fingers. The desk light had started to flicker again, but I didn’t care enough to fix it. I’d been staring at the same report for two hours now—words swimming, nothing sticking.

The fi