Chapter Eleven
506 Words
As I walked in my office, my coworkers were saying hey back to back.
"Good morning Mrs. Phillips" "Good morning Mrs. Phillips" After hearing that ten times, it was finally quiet. I walked in my office and went to sit down at my desk. It was a new case sitting there. On the cover it read: "Case #452680 Mr. Derrick Barnes. Accused of raping, kidnapping, and murdering Mrs. Jessica Lockhart."
I hated cases like this. Even though I always won my cases, cases like this always made me feel guilty. Kind of ironic isn't it? But when the jury announced that the person I was representing was not guilty, the cries that I heard across the room were heartbreaking. I don't know.. Just random thoughts...
Anyway, I got started on my case, and it seemed like the day was going by soo fast. Before I knew it, it was already lunch time. Now, I usually skip lunch so I can have all my work done. But for some reason, I decided to go have lunch. When my co-workers noticed I was going to lunch, they asked if I wanted to join them. And of course, I accepted. As I walked outside with four of my coworkers, we decided to ride together. But I realized that my wallet was in my car.
"Hey you guys, would it be okay I ran to my car to get some cash?" I asked.
"Of course darling, we'll wait right here." One of my coworkers responded with a waving gesture.
As I walked to my car, which was right in front of the building, a man was leaning on my car door faced away from the building. I walked around my car to see who it was. And when I got around, to my suprise it was....
"Julian?"
He turned to face me.
"Hello Leah" he said with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" I asked with a semi smile. Cause I didn't want him to see that I was thrilled he was there.. Even though deep down, I really was.
"I'm here to take you to lunch."
"Oh, Julian I ca-"
"Please." he said cutting me off, staring into my eyes, and caressing my hand.
"Hey guys!?" I yelled to my coworkers.
They all turned around and stared.
"I'm not gonna make today's lunch. Maybe next time."
I could see all of them look at Julian.
"Ok doll.. See you after lunch" one of my co-workers replied.
I turned around to Julian, and we started heading to his car. As we pulled off, I looked past Julian, and my coworkers were staring at the car as we drove by. I can only imagine what they were saying. They knew Julian wasn't my husband. So of course they would be suspicious about me getting in a car with a random guy. But I didn't think much about it.
"You okay?" Julian asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine" I replied.
But in my head I was thinking..
"What have I gotten myself into?"
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