Chapter 61

The trial dragged on. The Prosecution was dragging it out with motions and other stupid crap. They were trying to find evidence to crucify him with.

"This is bullshit!" John said one day as they watched the trial.

"Oh, I know", said Dan. "They're wanting documents that they're never going to find. That shit's all been destroyed."

"I hope that the bastards end up eating the end of a fucking rifle once they fail to get a conviction", Mike said.

Brie laid her head on David's shoulder. "Rumor has it that the gophers have made it their mission in life to see that he's released. They're looking for evidence that will prove Mattie's innocence", she said.

"Not at our request", David said with his head buried in the most recent edition of the newspaper. "We never made that request. But, I will say this. I'm going to send a message out to our friend the Major in my monthly monologue. It's going to be a message of hope, letting him know that he'll get out of this mess one way or another."

"Well, from what I hear," John chimed in again, "the Director has his top attorneys on the case working around the clock to get Matt freed, but the evidence just isn't there."

"Still got your ear to the ground after three years under fucking ground, Johnny?" Brie asked.

"You better believe it."

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As the trial progressed, the Disturbed family watched in suspense. Every time Matt would be addressed by the court officials as Sergeant Cartwright, he would tell them that he would be addressed as Major Leavenstein or have nothing further to do with the proceedings. The adults would all howl in celebration when he did this.

The next day, he didn't show up to court. His attorney said, "My client is continually insulted by the court and has decided not to participate in these proceedings any further.

Brie looked at everyone. "Mattie's got something up his sleeve, I know it".

"What do you think he's up to?" Tina asked from her perch behind Mike.

"I'm not sure yet, but I'm sure we'll find out soon."

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Not even the guards knew what he was up to. Not the Utopian guards anyway. The Resistance Loyalists saw what he was doing and said nothing. He would sit in the corner of his cell for hours on end and just watch. He job in the Corps. was just sniping people. He was Recon. He gathered intelligence. The Utopian guards didn't catch a thing, but the Loyalists did and some even helped him. One had slipped hi a guard rotation schedule with his tray at dinner one night. Matthew would spend hours on end, even when he was supposed to be sleeping, studying the guard rotation schedule and waiting for him moment and none of them would be any the wiser.