Thaddeus sat back up and tossed a rock into the brook. Reflecting back on this memory, Thaddeus admired the perceptiveness of his father. As a child, it seemed that his father never missed even the slightest detail. He had sat in on many hearings, and his father always seemed to know who was right and who was wrong. His father was a hard man, but just. He always seemed to know the correct course of action. His father was his hero, and he doubted that he could ever become half the man that he was.
Once again he started to reminisce on the events of his tenth birthday. Not only did he witness his father hold his court for the first time, but he also witnessed the first assassination attempt made on his father’s life. It took place in the marketplace later that day.
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