The Vargas Deposition

A legal suspense short story from Tampa-based author and lawyer, S.D. Thames.

High-priced New York trial lawyer Donald Sharpe lands in Miami with one goal in mind: to take the deposition of Roberto Vargas, a South Florida businessman who’s notorious for playing dirty and winning at all costs. Sharpe intends to give Vargas a taste of his own medicine with a key piece of evidence tucked away in his attaché—a hard drive that Sharpe’s client assures him will bring Vargas to his knees and end the lawsuit.

When Sharpe is arrested the night before the deposition and the hard drive turns up stolen, he sets out to secure the missing evidence and exact revenge against Vargas before it’s too late. As he retraces his steps in Miami, Sharpe becomes ensnared in a murderous plot that unravels with one twist after another, leading to a shocking ending that he'll never see coming.