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I saw her walking down the sidewalk before she noticed me. She was dressed in a turquoise and yellow sports bra with matching leggings. She was carrying a water bottle and had earbuds in her ears. Her body was nice. Not etched but toned. I could tell she went to the gym often. I was able to watch for a few minutes before she noticed me.
Her eyes narrowed when recognition struck. She slowed her stroll as she approached me leaning on the side of her building.
“Ms. Patterson,” I tipped my head.
She pulled her earbuds from her ears.
“Mr. Valentine. Are you lost?”
“No, I’m exactly where I am supposed to be.”
“By my building?” She arched one perfectly groomed eyebrow.
“Yes. You haven’t given me an answer about working with me on the case.”
“Mr. Valentine, you made it perfectly clear you didn’t want to work with me.”
“I came to your office and apologized for my choice of words.”
“Apo…okay. Sure, you did.”
“You said you would let me know. Are you not a woman of your word?”
She put her hand on her ample hip and cocked her head to the side. I’ve lived with two women most of my life. I knew the universal code for ablack girl about to give you a piece of her mind. I braced myself.
“I didn’t get back to you because I didn’t want to appear unprofessional.”
“Unprofessional?”
I knew I was playing into her hand, but I was curious about what she was going to say next.
“Yes, because the response I would have sent was: eat shit and choke on the corn hulls.”
I expected to be offended, but before I could contain it, a laugh burst through my lips. That was the funniest insult I’d heard in years. I threw my head back and howled at the added part about the corn. Such vulgar words from such a beautiful woman but it was hilarious.
My laughter upset her more because she tried to walk around me to get into her building.
“Okay…okay,” I grabbed her arm while still chuckling.
She snatched her arm from my grip.
“I’m sorry,” I said finally sobering from my laughing fit. “I’m sorry for offending you at our initial meeting, and I’m also sorry for offending you by wasting your time and not apologizing when I came to your office. I am not one to ever bring in lawyers to work with me on anything. I pride myself on hiring the best of the best in every aspect of law, but in this case, it is necessary I break tradition. I thought this case was something I could handle on my own and I can’t, and that’s not something I easily admit.”
“Had a bad day, huh?”
“Disastrous.”
“Did they already try to trump up her charges?”
It was my turn to hike an eyebrow.
“Yes,” I said tilting my head to the side.
How did she know that?
“They offered him a deal to flip on her?”
“They did.”
