TADJ1

==Chapter 1 - The Adjudicator==
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"there isn't anything quite as ugly, or damaging to your career, as an accusation that you got there by nepotism."
-The Hon. Clarissa Ngo, Special victims unit, Coast Guard OCB.
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Nathan's House
Ia Drang Highland
Kowloon, Kowloon Star System
3159
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"Wine?" Cousin Clarissa asked.
"Please." Sharon accepted the glass and continued staring out across the vastness of the Little Yangtze valley.
"Cloud cover's light today." the much younger woman-really a girl, commented.
"Your grandfather loved this view." Sharon confided.
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"Yeah, it's kinda great, you can see the Dinh Diep scar on clear days. Who doesn't love watching big muddy rivers from so far away they look like little yellow-brown lines?" commented Clarissa
"What's your angle, Clara?" Sharon asked.
"Not the Ducal seat." Clarissa said, "My mandatory five is almost up. I'm making the law a career in the outside. Maybe do corporate, or stay with Criminal, but why be a duke, when I can become a judge?"
"There are opportunities in the LCAF." Sharon told her, "Hell, I can always use more Coasties in the Navy..."
"Um, no." Clarissa said, "Not to be too much of a wet blanket, Auntie, but I'm kinda happy not to be sticking my neck out anymore. There's no real room for having a family or much of a life in the military."
"Did your five and getting out, Huh? Smart move." Sharon agreed, "For you. I couldn't let it go...can't let it go."
"I don't need a referral, Aunty. Unless you know some rich people who need legal advice." 
Sharon chewed for a moment on nothing, and then, "I think I do. when is your ETS?"
"Next week. I'm on Terminal Leave this week." stated Clarissa
"You don't have a fiance or something, do you?" asked Amanda
"Um, no...nobody special right now..." Clarissa shyly said
"I think I know some people who are shortly going to be needing an attorney." Sharon said.  "Don't toss your uniforms just yet."
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