Niya Chapter 18
I was sitting in my motel room for the fourth day straight, wondering what I was going to do with my life, eventually my money was going to run out, and I was going to have to get a job. I knew there was nothing left for me to do, but what I've done best for years. I knew there was a club somewhere, where the money was fast and they were looking for some type of new talent. But I knew first thing first I had to get my look together, I was wearing the same tore jeans and white tee from three days ago, washing it and jumping back in it without my underware on. My hair was matted down from not being combed or brushed for the last days, putting a simple pony tail in.
I set up and got myself as presentable as possible, I stepped out the motel room and flagged down a cab, heading to the nearest shopping center and going straight to the hair store. I brought three boxes of red hair dye and a few packs of twenty two inch Bella Dream red hair to match the dye. I grabbed a flat iron and curling iron. Includidng a few more hair products I was going to need. I then headed to CVS, grabbing all the hygiene products I was going to need, including a boat load of make up because I was going to bneed to not only hide my identity, but also any bruises that showed on my body. Then I headed to a small urban boutique, and brought atleast thousand dollars worth of clothes, most of them skimmpy small and revealing, just what I needed to get started.
After I finished my days adventure buying everything I was going to need, I went to a chinese store and brought me dinner. Then found a cab and headed back to the motel where I began carrying all of my bags up the stairs, I heard screams from a girl and I froze for a second. As I unlocked my door, a girl I see everyday on the strip ran into me nearly knocking me over, I got myself together throwing my bags into the room and closing the door. I began to help her up, as she scrambled to pick up her things and get away. Then out of nowhere a guy ran to her kicking her hard one time in her ribs sending her flat on her stomach.
"What the fuck?" I asked as he leaned back to slap her and I pushed him back.
"Bitch mine your fucking business, this ain't got shit to do with you" he said pointing in my face, trying to get around me, but I stepped in his path.
"Leave her alone" I said standing my ground and without hesitation he shoved me to the side knocking me straight into the wall, then walking past me.
I stood up as he began slapping the girl repetedly and found an old glass bottle that has been sitting outside my room since before I came. I crashed it over his head, and when it didn't break I swung again sending him stubling away. I wasn't done, anger that's been built in me for the last few months, was unleasing itself and I decided that it was time to let it go. I ran up behind him and punched him in the back of his head, then proceeded to punch him as he fell. I began stomping him and the girl jumped in taking turns kicking him as he began running away, while blood trickled down the side of his head from the hit of the glass. We chased him away talking shit, and threatening him like we were thugs, after he hopped in his car, promising to come catch us, we both headed back to my motel room.
I locked the door offering her a seat on the bed, while I got ice to put in a hand towel and put on her face, while I invested the rest of her bruises like I've done to a million of times to Zane. We set in silence as began eating my chinese offering her the rest when I was too full to finish the platter. She took it gladly and began eating as if she was starving and I began organizing my bags seperating everything from each other.
"Ceasar" she said when she finally finished eating and was wiping off her hands with a napkin.
"Huh?" I said placing all of my all of my hygiene products on the sink outside of the bathroom.
"My name, it's Ceasar but everyone calls me Cee for short." she said sitting back down on the chair against the desk.
"Paris" I said thinking of a quick name, because I didn't want anyone to know who I was.
"Word," she said starring at me and raising her eyebrow.
"Yea," I said laughing like I was use to that. "My mom and dad honeymooned in South of France, and nine months later I made my entrance into the world." I said not completely lying about my life story.
"That's raw" she said shaking my head. "You know you fucked up right?" she said starring me down as if she was was trying to ready me as I pulled out each pair of clothing from the bags spreading everything out onto the bed.
"Huh?" I said looking at her.
"The dude, he's going to come back and when he does it's not going to be pretty." she said looking like she knew from first hand.
"I've dealt with worst." I said trying to shake off bad memories.
"Not like him, he's not a good person." she said putting her head down like she was embarassed.
"Trust me, I've dealt with worst" I said giving her a reassuring smile.
"Where you from?" she asked after a moment of silence.
"Philly" I said keeping is blunt.
"Word, I'm from Harlem Jackson projects." she said pointing to the tattoo on her neck that spelled out Harlem.
"Long way from home to be getting your ass kicked?" I said raising an eyebrow at her.
"Long way from home to be saving bitches?" she said giving me the same look I was giving her.
"I'm a bad girl, I never stay in spot for too long. I come, make money, meet a few people and keep it moving." I said shrugging my shoulders. "What's your story, who was he abusive boyfriend, angry pimp, drug deal gone wrong?" I said wondering what was going on, but living in the world long enough to know that he wasn't just angry, he was pushed to something.
"Abusive exboyfriend" she said adding emphasis to the "ex".
"You sure, that looked like a we're still together fist fight" I said getting everything in order to start my hair. Lying down a towel from the motel and placing the dyes, flat iron, curling iron, and the packs of weave on the towel.
"You doing a little too much to just be coming into town, seems like you're running away from someone. I spotted you the first time you pulled up looking like you was hit by a truck. Changing your hair, brand new wardrobe, what you running away from. Abusive boyfriend, angry pimp, or drug deal gone wrong?" she said flipping the switch.
"None, like I said I never stay in one place to long, I come, I get money, I leave. Find somewhere new to go, change my look, do the same thing and keep it moving." I said shrugging my shoulders. "I was abandoned as a child, so I never had a home, got attachment problems, abandonement problems. So I keep to myself, that way if I never build a relationship with someone then I can't leave them and they can't leave me. It just becomes it is what it is." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Damn, heartless" she said shaking her head.
"Yea, but it's whatever I'm just hear for the money all that other shit is irrelevant" I said reading the dye box instructions.
"I hear that, so what you do, rob, scheme, doing them swipes, or you a working girl" she said cracking a smile. "I don't take you as moving weight, but nowadays you never know." she said shrugging her shoulders.
"Nah, I'm legal baby all I do is dance" I said laughing at her, but also something about her relaxed me.
"You really going to dye your hair?" she said immediately changing the subject.
"Yea, new place, new look" I said sitting on the edge of the bed.
"You should let me hook you up" she said grabbing a box and reading the directions.
"I don't trust people when it comes to my hair boo, if you was to fuck my shit up, that ass whooping you just got wouldn't be of comparison of when I would do." I said giving her a blank look.
"I got you, you hooked me up, I'll hook you up for free and when I flip your wig I bet you going to love it" I said standing up and for some reason I felt a sense of trust between us already.
"What the fuck, go head it's only hair" I said closing my eyes and shrugging my shoulders, giving her all the creative rights to my hair.
King Chapter 18
It was day five without Niya and I was losing my mind, I haven't been leaving the house just drinking lean and smoking until I was too high to see straight anymore. I was hurting more then anyone would ever know and I didn't know what to do anymore, I just wanted Niya to come home, I just wanted Niya to come back and laugh when I gave her a light slap on the butt, snuggle under me when I came into bed late night. I don't know what I've changed into, who I've become and why it was this way now. I know this time when Niya came home I was going to be right by her, I don't care what she needed, I don't care what she wanted me to do I would do it. I know I got alot of apologizing to do and I'm willing to do it.
I heard the gates beeped and I immedately clicked on the monitor to see who it was, Pablo car honked once and I got up to meet him at the door. I opened the door and he walked straight past heading towars the theatre and taking a seat while I set two chairs away from him and I could tell that something was up with him. I just rolled up and past it to him without even taking a pull because I knew at this moment he needed it way more then I did. We set in silence for a while passing the L and cup of lean between us letting all the emotions seep through with the smoke we blew out.
Finally he reached in his pocket and pulled out something holding it tightly in his hand, then opened it and there set a small piece of silver and when I picked it up. I realized this was the ring that he gave to Sasha it was her wedding ring and band. I looked up at her, and he just blew out smoke, and I could see the tears build in his eyes. He began telling me everything that happened and immediately the guilt hit me like ten tons of bricks, it was my fault Sasha walked out on him.
"You gotta get her back" I said after he finished his story.
"I told her once she walks away, she walk away for good" he said keeping on a tough face, but I knew that it was all for show.
"Pablo, I know what you're feeling right now it's like you can't breathe but your heart still pumps. We think we're men until we met these girls and then we lose them and we realize how fucking pathtic we are without them. Pablo I know, I know what it feels like to lose your other half and you know better then anyone that with your first wife" I said looking at him and I knew I had hit a soft spot, but it was something that needed to be said. "You don't want to lose her over something petty, you go get her and you keep her because you know you don't want to live out the rest of your days without her and you know I"m not lying to you." I said sighing heavy. "When I find Niya, I swear I don't give a fuck what I have to do, I'm going to do it and I'm going to do it for the rest of my life to prove to her that she's all I want and she's all I've ever wanted. I don't want to live the rest of my days out spending time with these bitches that warm the bed for a night then give me nothing but headaches. I know I want to marry her, I'm going to give her the wedding of her dreams, I'm going to give her more kids, I'm going to give her a new house, closet full of red bottoms, anything she want and need I will give her for the rest of my life." I said spilling my heart out for the first time in a while.
"See it's different with Niya, she's easy she's not crazy, she's loving and understanding. Sasha is a different breed the things I love about her is the shit that makes me want to kill her. She's the only woman I ever wanted to slap and fuck at the same time." he said chuckling and shaking his head.
"But you love that feeling, you love the fact that she can make you angrier then you've ever felt, but in the same moment she makes you feel alive, she adds that excitment that you didn't know you ever could feel."
"I have to protect my family, that's my main concern."
"What you think she's trying to do, when I met Niya I met Sasha with that ass and she explained to me how much she loved Niya. You know we will never be able to come between them and there dysfuntunal relationship." I said chuckling.
"Yea youre right, I just can't afford to lose my family, this is all I have left and if anything was to ever happen to my family because some stupid cowboy dreams, I would never forgive myself" he said looking down. "I love my wife, but she's so blind to how the real world works, she can't save everyone even her family" he said speaking from personal experience, then anything.
"I'm going to get Niya back, I can feel it, she's going to be here again, she's going to be mines again. I'll handle that, and you handle your wife before she come back to my house with the gun threatening my life." I said lightly tapping his shoulder making him laugh.
For the rest of the day we just talked about silly shit, but somehow we cheered one another as much as possible. He left saying he would think everything over and get back to me if he hears anything, and I went back to the theatre wishing I wasn't as lonely as I truely was. This week has been one of the worst weeks of my life, first finding out my son may not be my son, then the Niya situation, if anything else happened I was going to lose my damn mind. I sighed and began walking around my huge house that I shared with no one, wondering what was going to come of me if NIya never came back, but I had to shake off those feelings.
I walked to the bedroom and rolled up again, but remembered I left my lighter down stairs. I looked in the nightstand where I usually kept my back ups when I saw my cam corder sitting in the drawer. I set on the bed and turned it on, and the first thing that popped up was Niya standing in the middle of our floor stripping off her skin tight dress. I remember this, it was the day I proposed to her, it was the day I gave her this house, it was the day everything changed for the better I believed at the moment. I plugged the camcorder into the television letting the video play on my big screen as she began dancing slowly, then hoping on the pole doing exactly what I like, exactly how I like it. I placed my hand in my pants, it's been a while sense I had some and it's killing not to be able to touch Niya.
As I began rubbing my dick up and down, slowly then quickly getting the sensation, closing my eyes wishing it was Niya here instead of my hand. I began pulling and pushing faster and faster grunting as I imagine being between Niya legs making her moan in my ear with each stroke. Damn I needed to get Niya back I thought as I pump faster feeling the sensation and gripping my mans harder feeling it coming and when I opened my eyes and Niya fat ass was bouncing on my deck, I immediately nutted letting out a small moan as I released my seed all over my sweats and hand.
I went to the bathroom cleaning myself up, changing my sweats and boxers and then I heard the gate beep and I immediately pressed the intercom.
"Yo" I screamed feeling alot better now that I got a nut even if it was by hand.
"It's Los" I heard and I immediately beeped him in and picked up my blunt off the bed and headed downstairs to meet him at the main door.
Los was one of the nieghborhood boys I grew up, rather then running the streets he turned his life around and became a cop. And when I took over the hood, he was someone I put on the team because if I was going to be doing dirt I was going to have a clean guy on my team to clean it up.
"Sup" I said giving him a dap, thinking of the shit I was just doing and shaking my head.
"I found her" he said getting straight to the point.
"Word" I said and I felt my heart explode.
"Yea, she's in Syracus" he said passing me a folder with pictures of Niya using an ATM taking money out and althrough so much about her was changed, I still could tell that was Niya I would always be able to point her out a crowd no matter how much she's changed no matter how much she switched her look up I would always know her it. "She's staying at a motel, hitting up a few clubs dancing a little, but mostly staying to herself." He said shrugging his shoulders and at that moment I could kiss him, but I wasn't about that lifestyle.
After I gave him, ten thousand dollars for the information, I got dressed in all black from head to toe picking up my two glocks making sure they were loaded before I left. I hoped in my all black Dodge challenger and placing the address into my GPS, turning a two and half hour drive into an hour and forty five minute drive. Speeding through the highway and streets as my stomach turned over and over, wondering what was going to happen when she saw me. I pulled into the parking lot in the spot farthest to the right, as I leaned back and laid low because I knew everything but which room she was staying in and I didn't want to make things suspicious.
I waited an hour before I saw a cab pull up and a tall darkskin girl hop out the cab, I studied her she was a cute girl body was well fit, but she was a nothing compared to Niya. I began to light a L when the other cab door opened, and Niya stepped out and I swear my heart jumped out my chest. She was looking better then I've seen her in a while, making my dick jump immediately. I watched her and the girl laugh at something as they walked up the stairs to the third room and Niya used her key to opened the door. After the door shut, the light went on and I waited ten minutes calculating a plan of how I was going to get Niya without making a scene.
Before I could make a move, I saw a black Lexus pull up and two niggas hop out, both looking like Thug wannabees. I watched them as one tuck his gun in the front of his pants waiting for the driver to close the door. I shook my head at these clowns, who still tuck they gun in the front of there pants and infront there shirts, that was nineties New York gangster shit, that got old. I went back to watching Niya room when I the two cats walked to her door as they began talking and I didn't know what was going on, but I know I was going to kill Niya if she was fucking one of the dudes. Hell I would kill all four of them and take my ass straight back home. I was in my thoughts when I saw dude kick open the door, and made me jump, this was not a double date. Somehow within a week Niya had gotten her ass in trouble, and I couldn't be surprise Niya always got her ass into some shit, that most of the time didn't have nothing to do with her.
I immediately jumped out my car and ran through the parking lot, jumping the steping two at a time and could hear the screams and I didn't know who that was, but a part of me prayed that it wasn't Niya. Before I got to the door, it burst opened and the dark skin girl was trying to run away. Before she could get away she was snatched by her hair in mid step, but that was not my concern. I gripped my gun ready to shoot, as I entered the room, I didn't know who was winning the fight, he had Niya on the bed and she kicked him as hard as she could in the dick and he backed away and she jumped on him jamming her fingers in his eyes. As soon as I was about to shoot the dark skin girl fell into the room, with her body slamming against dresser.
"Fucking bitch" the first guy said shaking his head as he entered the room, while Niya was punching her attacker like she was a man herself.
"Who the fuck are you?" the second attacker asked and without hesitation, I put a hole through his chest. Both girls screamed as the guy fell against the wall holding his chest gasping for breathe. I turned to the other attacker who already had his piece out and we both let off a shot. I immediately felt the fire ring through my shoulder and Niya scream when I jumped behind the chair then rung off two more shots hitting him in the thigh and the lower stomach. I looked down and checked myself realizing that there was shots in my chest and in my shoulder. I could feel myself giving up slowly, and my breathing change. I couldn't stay through, shit was getting real and I had to make a move, before I could stand Niya grabbed the darkskin girl and immediately ran out room holding her purse.
I took two breathes standing up, as the pain shot through me and ran behind them as a few bullets rang past my ears nearly taking my life. I ran downstairs to the parking lot, looking for Niya when I saw her running full speed across the busy intersection still holding the girl hand, as the girl tried to keep up. I jumped in my car, pulling out the parking lot full speed, as the tires turnt and smoke filled the air. I drove t the parking lot Niya was running across and cut her off. I could feel the blood spilling from my chest. I cut her off hopping out the car as she looked around trying to figure out a way to get away.
"Niya, get in the fucking car" I said walking around and moving closer to her as she began to back away.
"No, King" she said sounding as if she was filled with fear.
"Niya stop this madness, I'm taking you home to our family, your son" I said filling my burns of the bullets. I began pressing the wound to keep the bllod from falling out.
"No King, I'm not going" she screamed at me and then I began to hear sirens and knew we only had a few moments before shit got real.
"Niya get in the fucking car, the police is fucking coming and they probably going to find two dead bodies in your hotel room." I said reaching for her but she pulled away, and I could hear the sirens getting closer and closer as a crowd began to fill in the motel parking lot.
"No King," she said once again and I wanted to slap the shit out of her one good time, just to get some sense in her.
"Niya with God as my witness," I said looking at her, as fear filled in her eyes as she shake, but wouldn't let go of shorty's hand. I grabbed my gun from the back and pointed it straight at the girls head and both girls screamed. "I swear to God, if you don't get in the fucking car, I will put one straight through her fucking head." I said through my teeth as the girl held her hands up and began begging for her life as if that would save her.
"King please" Niya said stepping infront of me, but I still held the gun to the girl.
"Get in the fucking car" I said placing a bullet in the chamber allowing her to hear the click so she could see how serious I was right now.
"Okay," she yelled stomping her foot and I turned around heading towards the drivers side, when Niya and the girl began to go back and fourth.
"Niya" I screamed as the first Ambulance pulled up to the motel.
"I'm coming, she's coming too" she said trying to pull the girl, but the girl declined. "I'm not going without you Cese" Niya screamed and I rolled my eyes at this soap opera drama, right now all I wanted to do was get out of this city before the boys caught me.
"No," the girl screamed and I got back out the car.
"I swear to God, on my fathers grave if you two don't get in this fucking car I will shoot the both of you getting in the damn car and shut the fuck up." I said between my teeth so angry I coudl feel my eyesbrows practically touching.
Both woman hopped in the car and I swerved off, doing ninety the whole way home because I did not want any evidence held against me. I didn't say anything until two hours later when we were finally back home and Niya and the girl jumped out the car. I got out the car and immediately stumbled back feeling my chest where I was shot at and falling against the car. The girl looked at me and ran towards me as I slide down the side of the car and was sittign down.
"King" Niya said coming to my side and I couldn't even think, the adreneline and high had wore off and the reality of this situation hit me. "I'm so sorry, please don't die, please don't die" she began to say as I blacked out and the world turned white.
Sasha Chapter 18 cont..
It's been two days since Niya's been home and I've been by her side since, she's been by King side never leaving the house. Taking care of him, like he was her child, no matter what King did when he needed her she was always there and the same for her. I wish Pablo was a little more like King, but he wasn't he was Pablo. The man I've loved for years and althrough I couldn't change him a small part of me didn't want to change him. Since I gave him back my ring, I've been living at Niya's house and basically staying with Niya and King just to keep an eye on her. Pablo and I haven't said a word to one another, when he comes around I leave and when I dcome around he does the same.
It's been so hard without him, you wouldn't believe how much I actually miss and love him. I barely eat, I barely sleep, I cry whenever I'm alone. Niya tries to talk to me about getting back with him, but I never listen I just walk away and go on about my day and I think she finally got the hint because she don't bring up the subject anymore.
Today, I was helping Niya do laundry when King walked through the house straight to me ignoring Niya completely. He tapped my shoulder and lead me through the house, to his office downstairs that he rarely uses and opened the door. I stepped in and he closed the door behind me locking it, the only thing was he was on the other side of it. The problem wasn't the door being locked, it was more of who I was locked in with. I looked up and there stood Pablo, looking in as much shock as I was, not even ten seconds passed before his arms were around me and I was welcoming him freely. He picked me up and pressed me against the wall as I wrapped my legs around his waist.
"Why do you this Sasha?" he said pinning me against the wall as we starred in one anther eyes. "You know I need you, you know I can't lose you, why do you leave me?" he asked with anger.
"I love you" was all I said and he pressed his lips against mines slididng his tongue into my mouth. Then I pushed him back and he took a step back and I unwrapped my legs from around and pushed him further back. "But I can't do this anymore" I said when tears fell from my eyes. "I need you to support me, like I support you and you never will." I said shaking my head.
"What is wrong Niya is back, she's safe it was King who got hurt" he said looking at me, but I wouldn't look back at him.
"It's deeper then that, I need you to have my back and you don't. No matter how stupid I might seem or how doumb my choice maybe, you should have my back and you don't. I'm tired of supporting someone who doesn't support me. I shouldn't have to wonder if my husband is going to be here for me, and I wonder that everyday."
"Sash--" he said, but I held my hand up and cut him off.
"I back you with every decision you make right or wrong, I will fight with you right by your damn side pablo and I want the same in return. I want you to support me no matter how crazy my choice is, no matter how wild I get. You should be right there right by myside because you took the oath saying you would, but you haven't done any of that Pablo. You can't decide when you're going to support me and when you're going to stand back you have to support me all the time like I support you all the time." I said pouring my heart out.
"I will try, I will learn" he said reaching his hand out and I shook my head.
"you've tried before, but you can't" I said as tears fell from my eyes. And for a minute we stood in silnece but it felt like an eternity.
"You want this to be over, it's over you can have it all. I'll call the lawyer tomorrow draw up the papers and you can have it all, the money, the house, the cars, all I want is my rights as a father." he said in a calm voice. Without saying anything else he walked past me and kicked the door opened breaking the lock completely then walking out.
I didn't even watch him leave, I just waited until Niya came and got me, which I knew she would, before she could say anything I ran into her arms and began crying my heart out. Knowing that this was the last time I would ever have Pablo, this would be the last time I would ever love someone again. We stayed in the office while I cried until my eyes became dry and my throat became sore. She didn't say anything just stayed there right by myside until the wee hours in the morning and when it was time to go to bed. She laid down with me, rubbing my back until I finally fell asleep, but it didn't last long because an hour later I was up again, wishing it was Pablo next to me instead of Niya.
A week Later....
Today was the day Pablo was going to hear rather or not he was guilty on all of his charges for his case and I was going. I was going to be there to hear rahter or not I was going to be a single mother, the alarm went off, but I was already awake. I went home and went back to life raising the kids, being a mom, I don't know where Pablo was staying at. The kids was back in school and I know one day he came here while the kids was in school and packed up everything he owned in the closet. Nothing was left behind, every night he came over before the kids bedtime, getting them ready for bed and even checking there homework. Once they were sleeping he would leave, never saying a word to me and I did the same. The divorce papers came two days ago and Pablo gave them too me, and dropped off my ring walking away without saying anything and I sobbed so hard that night, I thought I was going lose my mind. Niya comes over everyday, but I haven't been able to focus on her life, because I felt like I was dying inside, I felt like my life was over.
I got up and placed on a cream pair of DKNY high waist slacks with a black sheer polka dot shirt and matching cream blazer with one button. My hair was straight fresly pressed and it was Pablo's favorite way for me to have it. I placed on my wedding ring and band, then my presidential rolex, adding a pair of all black patent leather heels with the skinny heel. I grabbed my black Dolce and Gabanna cluth adding a pair of gold diamond earring and hopped in my Mazarti heading to the court house. I havent't been to court with Pablo in two days since he gave me the divorce papers, but today I had to go and be there. No matter what happened between us I was always going to support him.
I pulled up in the court house two minutes after Pablo did, and he got out, walking towards my car he opened my door and led me through the crowd of paparazzi, holding my hand. I almost melted when we got in the elevator and he tucked a part of my hair behind my ear. He was hearing an all black Armani suit with a white button up and black tie. He was keeping it simple and I couldn't help but watch him as he strudded to the large doors. Before we walked in, he talked breifly with his lawyer as to what to expect and then he turned to me.
"I didn't think you was coming" he whispered to me as I straightened his tie.
"I wouldn't miss it" I said looking up at his eyes.
"No matter what happens, you're always going to be taken care of" he said kissing my forehead. I wanted to wrap my arms around him and cry, beg for forgiveness and ask that he come back home, but right now was not the time nor the place and I didn't want to add stress to his full plate. Then we both walked in the court house and I took my seat right behind him where I always set. Everyone came in and we all waited for the courtroom to get settled as the jury walked in last. The judged asked Pablo to stand up, and tears began running down my eyes. I felt a hand on my shoulder and look back at King while he gave it a squeeze. Niya was right next to him and Nikki right beside her, the judge began to talk, but everything at that moment went blank. A juror stood up, and the courtroom went dry as the judge spoke to him.
"In the case of The People Vs Pablo Armando Marinez, we find the defendant not guilty on all counts of conspiracy, not guily on all counts of money laundering, not guilty on extortion, not guilty on drug trafficking" he read off each charge and I couldn't believe it. I jumped up and screamed while Pablo hugged each of his Lawyers. He turned around and reached over the bench then pulled me to him picking up and pulling me over the bench and twirling me around...
At this moment life was good.