”We spent most of the drive in silence after that. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Foster’s incentive could possibly be. After all, he was r...isking prison or execution, not to mention the danger of making a deal with an inhuman (literally) monster. Whatever his motivations, he wasn’t doing this just to help a rapist get his jollies.After a couple of hours we pulled down a dusty dirt road that took us to an ugly metal building built into the side of a rock wall. We were in the middle of. I have been married to Sarah for nine years, and we have two great kids. Jack our son (named after my Father-in-law) is 6 and Sara our daughter is 3. All of this is not good enough.It doesn’t help that the handsy bastard was caught raping a 13-year-old girl and the partner sold his part of the business to finance the son’s defense. The new partner then sold his share to a big conglomerate. Sarah’s father was forced to sell to the same group and had to retire long before he wanted to. Never mind. " Millicent Ford nodded solemnly atAdele Edwards.Adele was speechless as was Celia; Melody was still confused, and then thecourtroom exploded.*****Adele, Celia and Melody retired to a small conference room near thecourtroom and closed the door behind them, silencing the cacophony comingfrom the courtroom and outside in the corridor."Did that jury just award me eight million dollars?" Melody's eyessparkled.Celia nodded."When do I get my money?" the enthusiasm evident in her voice."Hold on. Her accent (and her eyes and mouth) had me mesmerized and I had to keep telling myself that she could be my daughter. I was in a very playful mood and I kept teasing her as she explained the benefits of these products she was demonstrating on my skin. Finally I asked her outright what she was doing tonight and she said "nothing" with a little grin on her face. Now I decided she was teasing me, but without hesitation I asked her what time she was through for the day. She said that.
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