We have been sitting in this waiting area for about ten minutes and I think Ashley is about to jump out of her chair and start screaming at people. I can see how tense she is so I reach over and place my hand on top of hers lightly caressing it with my fingertips. She relaxes slightly and looks over at me with a smile. I’m just glad she is smiling now and I can’t help but smile back at her. We lock eyes and go into that world that only we know about. We were brought out of it when the secretary rudely interrupted us.

            “Mr. Ritckers will see you now. Please follow me.” I smile up at her while Ashley just scowls at the poor woman. I grab her hand and kind of pull her out of her chair giving her the ‘you better be nice and come now’ look. She got the hint and stood up quickly and even thanked the secretary when she let us into the little conference office that we were supposed to talk to Mr. Ritckers in. I sat next to Ashley holding her hand so she wouldn’t get too nervous or frustrated. The door opened and in walked the biggest slime ball lawyer I had ever seen. He seriously looked like he dressed himself to look exactly like the sleazy lawyers in the movies.

            “Sorry I’m late. My last client wanted to fight with me. So are you ready to hear the rest of the story that I didn’t get to tell you the other day Ms. Davies?” He had this smirk on his face that made me really uncomfortable. He kept looking at our hands intertwined sitting on Ashley’s leg. I cleared my throat and he looked up at me as I just glare at him. He realizes that I caught him and sits down quickly across from us.

            “Yes, I’m ready. I need to know what I can do to make this go away as quickly and as quietly as possible. My mother and I aren’t on the best of terms but I’d rather her not hate me. So I would like to just make this go away.” Ashley gets really serious when she starts talking to him and I can tell she saw him looking at us with that smirk too. She has the venom voice going on. I have to say it’s kind of hot when she gets protective.