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She reached into my pants and grabbed my cell phone, after she made a point of grabbing another part of me first. I smirked but didn’t say anything.
“Do you like cats?”
“Like pussy?” I asked innocently.
She looked at me with a blank expression before we both broke out into a fit of laughter.
“No, like normal cats, with four legs, fur and whiskers.”
“I don’t hate cats,” I said.
“Okay, I only ask because I have one. I just wanted to make sure that you weren’t allergic or something or that it isn’t going to be a problem,” she said, placing my phone back into my pocket. “I put my number in your contact list. Come over around eight tomorrow night.”
“You just moved to Boston?” I asked.
“Yes and no,” she replied, dismissing the question. “I’ll see you at eight, Levi, and don’t be late,” she said, kissing my cheek before getting out.
For some reason, I knew this was going to be the best week of my life.
CHAPTER THREE
P R E S E N T
THEA
For the entire duration of the lecture, my thoughts were filled only by him… and not in the way they should have been. How could I have missed the fact that he was a professor? I thought he was just a lawyer. When I saw the law books in his house, I wanted to ask him more about it but held myself back. I wonder why he never said he was also a university professor. Should I have pressed him more?
“This class is still too big,” he said as he paused.
Crossing his arms, he leaned against his desk and looked over the rows of seats, his eyes scanning all of our faces. When his eyes met mine, they narrowed in what appeared to be disgust, and an anger so intense, I wanted to turn away. It was as though he was screaming at me to get out. But I wasn’t going to move, I wasn’t going to just let him bully me out of his class, sex or no sex.
“How many of you have heard of the Zukerman Case?” he asked, and a little over half of the class raised their hands. I, unfortunately, was not included in that half.
“All of you who didn’t raise your hands, you can go now,” he stated.
One by one they grabbed their bags and laptops. Once more, I was not included in the group despite my qualification. With my phone in my lap, I began Googling as quickly as I could.
“Ms. Cunning, did you not hear me?” he called, causing me to jump.
“This a law class right? Don’t I get to plead my case?” I contested.
His eyebrow raised. “You wish to plead your case as to why you deserve to be here when you aren’t prepared?”
“Yes.”
“Well then, plead away. You have one minute.”
Standing up, every head in the room turned to face me. “You asked us to raise our hands about the Zukerman Case and yet you did not clarify or specify which one you were referring to.”
I heard a few snickers, but I knew he wasn’t amused. “Wouldn’t it be obvious? It was one of the most high profile cases of this year.”
“Yes it was, but so was the Zukerman Case of 1956,” I replied. “The syllabus we picked up said this is criminal law of not just recent history, but the past as well. I could have raised my hand because I knew of a Zukerman Case, however, that would have made me seem like a fool or a liar if your follow up question was in relation to the details of the case.” I licked my lips before continuing. “Between the Zukerman Case and a Zukerman Case, it’s impossible to know which specific case you were referring to since no further details or clarifications were provided. Hence the reason why I did not raise my hand, Professor Black.” I stood tall, trying not to look as nervous as I felt.
“It seems you have saved your seat, Ms. Cunning, by a matter of technicality.” The corner of his lips twitched. It was fast, but I saw it, and though it was wrong that I took a little pleasure in it, I was happy that I made him smile instead of being happy that I saved myself.
He turned to face the rest of the class. “Let this be a lesson to the rest of you. You are in the running to become lawyers. If someone tells you no, then you find a loophole and jump right through it. Even the smallest technicality can change the outcome of a case. Though, I do hope you don’t Google your arguments ten seconds before you are called upon.”
How did he know?
