Beneath the Cherry Tree

Two lives collide, bonds form and a lifelong friendship commences between two men… a secret relationship blooms and endures through marriage and a single son.
Robert Paul and Frederick Dalton.
Old friends from way back. Way back to the war days, meeting as young soldiers, now dying as old lawyers. Together, one way or another, all of that time, through war and love and the law…
Robert Paul’s personal attributes quickly brought him success as a commercial lawyer; his advice and counsel legend. Now, he was dead. His son, Julian, a successful barrister plagued by a gambling addiction and constant calls for more and more cash, sees an unique opportunity to blackmail his uncle, Judge Frederick Dalton and in the process solve his urgent problems. Cancer will rob the eminent High Court judge of his life but he leaves a timely legacy to ensure the attempt to pervert the course of justice is thwarted.

Will Julian Paul succeed or destroy his family and himself in the process?