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[February 6th] [Perry Mason] Candles and the Snow, 6
Title: Candles and the Snow, scene 6
Day/Theme: February 6th - As seek to quench the fire of love with words
Series: Perry Mason
Character/Pairing: Hamilton Burger, Mignon Germaine
Rating: G
Time Period: Present day.
Referenced: Season 7, episode 5: The Case of the Reluctant Model
By Lucky_Ladybug
Hamilton sighed, rubbing his forehead as he leaned back in his chair. His ears were still ringing from the people he had just been interviewing. They had been both angry and loud, screaming not at him but at each other. Each time one said something, the other disagreed with vehemence. And that had quickly degraded into an argument over how the woman never did anything right and the man was always criticizing. Hamilton had finally asked them to please leave until they could calm down. Then he planned to interview them separately. Never again would he talk to them at the same time if he could help it.
“What was the commotion I heard as I came down the hall?”
He looked up with a start at Mignon’s voice. She had stepped into the office without him even being aware of her presence.
He gave a frustrated sigh. “Oh . . . I had a couple in here. I was trying to question them about a case, but they couldn’t agree on anything.”
“So I heard.” Mignon looked slightly entertained, either by the spectacle or Hamilton’s overwhelmed reaction.
Hamilton threw a pen on the desk. “For the life of me, I can’t understand why people even stay together if they’re having that much trouble getting along.”
“Just wait until there’s a situation where one or the other of them is threatened by an outside party,” Mignon said. “I think you’ll find that there’s quite a deep love under all those screams.”
“I’ve seen that before,” Hamilton admitted. “There was another time when I ran into a couple like them. They were both suspects in a murder case. When I demanded to know which of them killed the guy, they each turned on me for having accused the other.”
“There, you see?” Mignon was definitely amused now.
“No, I don’t,” Hamilton retorted. “If they care about each other so much, you’d think they could get along at least some of the time.
“And then there’s people who outright say they don’t love someone because they actually do and they’re trying to protect him or her by leaving.” He shook his head. “And it usually turns out that they both would’ve been better off by the ‘protector’ telling the truth in the first place.”
Mignon strolled closer to his desk. “Love is a complete mystery to you, isn’t it.”
“Well . . . I wouldn’t say that,” Hamilton said, embarrassed. “Love I can understand. The crazy things it makes people do . . . now that’s what doesn’t make sense.”
“It rarely does.” Mignon gave him a curious look. “Have you ever even thought of marrying?”
Hamilton nodded. “Actually, I’ve even had a couple of offers,” he admitted. “But they were just interested in being married to a public official with a lot of influence in the county.”
“You never mentioned this. Did you know them?” Mignon studied him with a raised eyebrow.
“Not very well. One of them I ended up prosecuting for first-degree murder.”
Mignon smirked. “The people you meet, Hamilton.”
“Don’t I know it.” Hamilton leaned back. “And when it comes to anyone who’s genuinely interested, I don’t think the long hours I keep would be fair to a wife.”
“Plus, by now I imagine you’re quite set in your ways and you wouldn’t like adjusting to the trials of marriage,” Mignon surmised.
“. . . You’re probably right,” Hamilton conceded. “But that doesn’t mean I’ll never get married. It just means I’ve put it on the back burner for now.”
“When you find the right person, the good outweighs the bad,” Mignon said. Her voice was a bit quieter now.
Hamilton knew she was thinking of Jack. “I know,” he said, quiet as well.
Day/Theme: February 6th - As seek to quench the fire of love with words
Series: Perry Mason
Character/Pairing: Hamilton Burger, Mignon Germaine
Rating: G
Time Period: Present day.
Referenced: Season 7, episode 5: The Case of the Reluctant Model
Hamilton sighed, rubbing his forehead as he leaned back in his chair. His ears were still ringing from the people he had just been interviewing. They had been both angry and loud, screaming not at him but at each other. Each time one said something, the other disagreed with vehemence. And that had quickly degraded into an argument over how the woman never did anything right and the man was always criticizing. Hamilton had finally asked them to please leave until they could calm down. Then he planned to interview them separately. Never again would he talk to them at the same time if he could help it.
“What was the commotion I heard as I came down the hall?”
He looked up with a start at Mignon’s voice. She had stepped into the office without him even being aware of her presence.
He gave a frustrated sigh. “Oh . . . I had a couple in here. I was trying to question them about a case, but they couldn’t agree on anything.”
“So I heard.” Mignon looked slightly entertained, either by the spectacle or Hamilton’s overwhelmed reaction.
Hamilton threw a pen on the desk. “For the life of me, I can’t understand why people even stay together if they’re having that much trouble getting along.”
“Just wait until there’s a situation where one or the other of them is threatened by an outside party,” Mignon said. “I think you’ll find that there’s quite a deep love under all those screams.”
“I’ve seen that before,” Hamilton admitted. “There was another time when I ran into a couple like them. They were both suspects in a murder case. When I demanded to know which of them killed the guy, they each turned on me for having accused the other.”
“There, you see?” Mignon was definitely amused now.
“No, I don’t,” Hamilton retorted. “If they care about each other so much, you’d think they could get along at least some of the time.
“And then there’s people who outright say they don’t love someone because they actually do and they’re trying to protect him or her by leaving.” He shook his head. “And it usually turns out that they both would’ve been better off by the ‘protector’ telling the truth in the first place.”
Mignon strolled closer to his desk. “Love is a complete mystery to you, isn’t it.”
“Well . . . I wouldn’t say that,” Hamilton said, embarrassed. “Love I can understand. The crazy things it makes people do . . . now that’s what doesn’t make sense.”
“It rarely does.” Mignon gave him a curious look. “Have you ever even thought of marrying?”
Hamilton nodded. “Actually, I’ve even had a couple of offers,” he admitted. “But they were just interested in being married to a public official with a lot of influence in the county.”
“You never mentioned this. Did you know them?” Mignon studied him with a raised eyebrow.
“Not very well. One of them I ended up prosecuting for first-degree murder.”
Mignon smirked. “The people you meet, Hamilton.”
“Don’t I know it.” Hamilton leaned back. “And when it comes to anyone who’s genuinely interested, I don’t think the long hours I keep would be fair to a wife.”
“Plus, by now I imagine you’re quite set in your ways and you wouldn’t like adjusting to the trials of marriage,” Mignon surmised.
“. . . You’re probably right,” Hamilton conceded. “But that doesn’t mean I’ll never get married. It just means I’ve put it on the back burner for now.”
“When you find the right person, the good outweighs the bad,” Mignon said. Her voice was a bit quieter now.
Hamilton knew she was thinking of Jack. “I know,” he said, quiet as well.