Maya listened. The other jurors spoke of tradition, respect, the unwritten rules of the bar. But she noticed something no one mentioned: the waiter. His name was Hassan. He’d been the one holding the tray. In the video, after Reggie’s rant, Hassan had simply nodded, walked back to the kitchen, and scraped the crab into the bin. His face was unreadable.
Then the letter arrived.
“It was a joke,” Reggie said. He was 58, florid, and sweating through his polo shirt. “Satire. Culinary criticism.” scc jury duty