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I wouldn’t go quite that far,” she laughed.
“Okay. A big kitten. Maybe a puma,” he joked.
“Unh-huh,” she agreed, taking a bite of a fried wonton and nodding.
“You don’t sound like you agree,” he said.
“If you want to be a puma, you can be a puma. Who am I to tell you otherwise?” she laughed.
“Purrrrrr,” he said with a laugh, taking a few bites of food as he looked at her across the table.
“So, things went pretty smoothly then?” she asked.
“As much as possible when you are being booked, photographed and fingerprinted. Hey, I bet my mugshot is already up on the internet!” he said with a chuckle that was accompanied by a scowl.
“I’m sure that is just a dream come true,” she told him.
“You know it. Anyway, I was in and out pretty quickly once they got to me. I had to sit and wait for quite a while. Cops were everywhere outside, keeping the reporters out and protecting me so I could get back to my lawyer’s car. Plus, my attorney had already hired the guys outside to accompany us back and forth because he knew the reporters would follow us once they saw who he was and did a quick search for his office location. He suggested I keep them on for as long as I need to in order to keep my distance from the tabloids and local gossip rags.”
“Probably a good idea. I couldn’t believe how many were out there when I came in,” she told him.
“Yeah, I can see them through the security cameras. This whole place is covered with them. It’s how we located the ones coming over the fence so quickly. Usually, I don’t have a need to even review the footage, but now I have one of the guys watching the monitors in live time for any breaches,” he said.
“Oh? Where is he at? In the house with us somewhere?” she asked, not sure why it unnerved her a little to think of one of those goons nearby like some sort of ghost.
“No. You probably never noticed the little house that sits by the front gate. It is completely covered by vines. He had to chop through a few of them to even get inside the door they had grown over. The prior owners had a guard stationed there at all times, but I never have. I never really needed to before. I wasn’t that well-known and even those who did know me, didn’t really know where I lived. The crew I hired did a little work in there to get things back up to speed so they could monitor things from afar,” he said
“Well, you should feel safer with them out there. The way they dispatched the masses outside your gate was very efficient. I was impressed, though it was a bit crazy to watch,” she told him.
“Oh, I know. It was the same when I left for the lawyer’s office and when I returned. It’s bizarre, isn’t it?”
“Yes, to put it mildly.”
“The good news is that my attorney says they can’t make this stick. He’s reviewed the footage of the game and it clearly shows that I was fouled several times without it being called and that the last instance during which the injury occurred was instigated by him. You can see that he caused me to fall and that I wasn’t in enough control of myself as I fell to have any intent in harming him. In short, it was an obvious accident that he caused himself.”
“If it is so obvious, I don’t understand why the district attorney would even file a case against you.”
“Publicity. I’m told that he’s an attention hound. He loves being in the limelight. Prosecuting me, even if he loses, gets him out there in the public eye.”
“But if it is a losing case, I don’t see how that doesn’t just make him look bad in the public eye,” she said.
“Me either, but maybe he’s just so egotistical that he thinks he can make it stick,” he said.
“Let’s hope he is wrong,” she scowled.
“Yes, let’s do hope that,” he added.
“So, what happens next?” she asked.
“Nothing for now. We work on
“Okay. A big kitten. Maybe a puma,” he joked.
“Unh-huh,” she agreed, taking a bite of a fried wonton and nodding.
“You don’t sound like you agree,” he said.
“If you want to be a puma, you can be a puma. Who am I to tell you otherwise?” she laughed.
“Purrrrrr,” he said with a laugh, taking a few bites of food as he looked at her across the table.
“So, things went pretty smoothly then?” she asked.
“As much as possible when you are being booked, photographed and fingerprinted. Hey, I bet my mugshot is already up on the internet!” he said with a chuckle that was accompanied by a scowl.
“I’m sure that is just a dream come true,” she told him.
“You know it. Anyway, I was in and out pretty quickly once they got to me. I had to sit and wait for quite a while. Cops were everywhere outside, keeping the reporters out and protecting me so I could get back to my lawyer’s car. Plus, my attorney had already hired the guys outside to accompany us back and forth because he knew the reporters would follow us once they saw who he was and did a quick search for his office location. He suggested I keep them on for as long as I need to in order to keep my distance from the tabloids and local gossip rags.”
“Probably a good idea. I couldn’t believe how many were out there when I came in,” she told him.
“Yeah, I can see them through the security cameras. This whole place is covered with them. It’s how we located the ones coming over the fence so quickly. Usually, I don’t have a need to even review the footage, but now I have one of the guys watching the monitors in live time for any breaches,” he said.
“Oh? Where is he at? In the house with us somewhere?” she asked, not sure why it unnerved her a little to think of one of those goons nearby like some sort of ghost.
“No. You probably never noticed the little house that sits by the front gate. It is completely covered by vines. He had to chop through a few of them to even get inside the door they had grown over. The prior owners had a guard stationed there at all times, but I never have. I never really needed to before. I wasn’t that well-known and even those who did know me, didn’t really know where I lived. The crew I hired did a little work in there to get things back up to speed so they could monitor things from afar,” he said
“Well, you should feel safer with them out there. The way they dispatched the masses outside your gate was very efficient. I was impressed, though it was a bit crazy to watch,” she told him.
“Oh, I know. It was the same when I left for the lawyer’s office and when I returned. It’s bizarre, isn’t it?”
“Yes, to put it mildly.”
“The good news is that my attorney says they can’t make this stick. He’s reviewed the footage of the game and it clearly shows that I was fouled several times without it being called and that the last instance during which the injury occurred was instigated by him. You can see that he caused me to fall and that I wasn’t in enough control of myself as I fell to have any intent in harming him. In short, it was an obvious accident that he caused himself.”
“If it is so obvious, I don’t understand why the district attorney would even file a case against you.”
“Publicity. I’m told that he’s an attention hound. He loves being in the limelight. Prosecuting me, even if he loses, gets him out there in the public eye.”
“But if it is a losing case, I don’t see how that doesn’t just make him look bad in the public eye,” she said.
“Me either, but maybe he’s just so egotistical that he thinks he can make it stick,” he said.
“Let’s hope he is wrong,” she scowled.
“Yes, let’s do hope that,” he added.
“So, what happens next?” she asked.
“Nothing for now. We work on
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