John Grisham 
Michael’s Room (Storycuts) 

An aggrieved man forces a lawyer to face natural justice.Stanley Wade can’t even be sure that his absence will be noticed, after a simple trip to the food store takes an unexpectedly dark turn. A practising lawyer, Wade is forced to confront truths that challenge his most basic notions of justice and good.Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Ford County.