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Averie
I knew he wasn’t going to apologize. Men like him thought they ruled everything around them and never felt the need to apologize, even when they were blatantly wrong. I was so looking forward to partnering with his firm on this case, but I was a BAWSE with or without his firm as a partner. I should have listened to Caroline when she told me to be careful. The Patterson Law Firm was a small fish in a pond full of sharks. What people don’t know about little fish was that they too have teeth and could cause damage as well.
I looked at the folder he left on my desk.
“Psh…”
I pushed it away.
Then he had the nerve to offer me more money like I am some homeless person on the corner begging. Like money moved me! I have my own money, sir! I didn’t need you throwing dollar bills at my face like I was on the pole. I mean no offense to dancers…girl power. Power to the Sistahs. However, you couldn’t throw money at me and think it’s going to change something.
I didn’t care how interesting this case was, I wasn’t going into a situation to be subservient to anyone. To hell with Samuel Valentine, his offer and fuck this case! I pulled a file from the pile on my desk. I needed something else to focus on.
Samuel
“That didn’t go well,” Morris said as he, Xavier and I filed out of the courtroom.
“No, it didn’t go well at all,” Xavier amended.
We’d just left Court and to put it nicely, the judge handed us our asses. Every motion we brought before the court was summarily denied except for our clients remaining out on bond. The prosecutor argued that with their wealth, they both were flight risks. I explained their connections to the community and assured the judge they would not leave. The judge agreed but ordered them to surrender their passports.
“What I didn’t see coming was them painting Coco as a larger threat than Roc,” Morris said as we loaded into the car headed back to the office.
“I didn’t see that coming either,” Xavier said.
We rode the rest of the short drive in silence. For the first time in a long time, I was concerned about the outcome of a trial.
We made it back to VLG and went into our respective offices.
“El! What the hell happened in there today?” Roc, my brother, and my client asked.
“It was a bad day,” was the best I could give him.
“Bad day? Come on man! They got Coco looking like theQueen of the Southin there. Should I just take the plea? They told me if I take the plea Coco could go free.”
I rounded my desk to get face to face with him.
“It was a bad day like I said. There may be more but what we are not going to do is fold. You will not take a plea because there is no way they would let her go free. They would lock both of you up and make your plea look like you flipped on Coco. So, no. I will figure this out.”
“Man, I don’t understand this crap! It’s one thing to bring us up on charges, but today they really tried to lock both of us up!”
“They came in with their A-game, today. We have a few days. I will come up with something between now and then.”
Although, I had no idea what that something was.
“A’ight, bro. I trust you man,” he said while leaning in to hug.
“I need you to stay low, Roc. You and Coco don’t need to be around anyone right now except family. Cool?”
“We’ve been staying low.”
“A’ight. Love you, man.”
“Love you, Bro.”
He left my office, and Xavier came in.
“What did he say?”
