Kelcie was typing on her computer trying to get the interrogatory done before she had to leave at five. She had been having a very stressful week; her boss had been giving her shit about not getting enough billable hours. She knew she should probably just stop for the night so that she could get some more billable time tomorrow but it wouldn't take much to finish it.
"Miss, is Mr. Johnston in?"
Looking up Kelcie saw Mr. Davis, one of the partners in the firm, "Um, yeah he is in his office, and would you like me to announce you?"
"No." Mr. Davis walked past Kelcie's desk and into Johnston's office, shutting the door behind him. Kelcie could still hear Mr. Davis yelling at Mr. Johnston. Finishing up the interrogatory, Kelcie started to clear her desk for the night when Mr. Johnston stormed out of the office with his jacket over his arm, walking fast not even stopping to tell Kelcie good night. Shocked Kelcie stared at the door to the hallway for a few moments. As she started to shut her computer down she heard Mr. Davis call for her from the back office.
"Miss, come in here please."
Putting her purse back under her desk Kelcie walked into the office, "Yes sir, can I help you?"
"How long have you been working for Mr. Johnston?"
"About three months."
"Do you know anything about the Roberts' case?"
"Yeah it is the domestic violence case with the four children."
"Good, I am going to need you to stay late and help me fix the monkey wrenches that, dip shit, threw into the case. Did you know that Mr. Johnston has been intentionally sabotaging cases for the last two months? I only realized because one of the clients called to bitch about how his case was handled. He did speak highly of how you helped him, but talked complete shit about Johnston."
"Do you want to work on it here or up at your office?"
"Are the files on the computer or in hard copy?"
"I keep both."
"Then grab the hard copy's and lets go to my office."
"It will take me a few minutes to gather them, why don't you head up, Sir, and I will follow along in just a couple minutes."
Nodding he started to leave the office, "Oh, if we are going to spend the evening working together you may as well call me Tyler, and I will call you . . .?"
"Kelcie."
Smiling at Kelcie, Tyler left to go call the elevator. As the elevator arrived Tyler could see Kelcie start to leave the office with a couple files. Holding the elevator doors open he waited for her to get there; taking the time to look at her as she walked towards him.
He hadn't realized that Kelcie was as beautiful as she was. She was wearing black stiletto heels that had to have at least a six inch heel, long graceful legs encased in black stocking, leading to a dark chocolate brown skirt, a cream colored button up blouse with a chocolate blazer unbuttoned over it. Her blouse was pulled taunt over her large breasts. He knew he had seen larger, and he had seen smaller, these breasts just seemed to be the prefect size for him, more than a handful yet not too much to handle. And then when you started to take in her facial features she was just a gorgeous woman. Her eyes were the shade of blue that the sky is in winter after snowing for a week, her mouth was not too full nor too narrow but very kissable with the bottom lip just a tiny bit bigger than the top, and she had a pert dainty nose that added to her simplistic beauty.
Entering the elevator Kelcie took a moment to use the mirrored walls to look at Tyler. He was dressed like all the other guys in the firm, black suit, neutral colored tie, light green today, and a pristine white shirt, yet even dressing like the other guys he seemed to excrete something else that drew a woman's attention. The dinging of the elevator chime brought Kelcie back from her scrutiny of Tyler.
Tyler reached over and took the file folder from Kelcie, "Here, let me carry those. My secretary is gone so we will not be interrupted. How well do you know the Roberts' case?"
"Not that well I know the basic facts but Mr. Johnston would not let me help on the documentation or on any of the filing with the court and the like. You know come to think of it, any case recently that he has been required to work on with a male client he has not been letting me help with. With the first one I thought it was because the guy was constantly hitting on me, but James Roberts didn't even look at me twice."
"How many cases was that?"
"Well let me think, Roberts, Krone, Cummings, and Pootoogooluk. But the Krone and Pootoogooluk cases are both closed I sent their files down to be filed yesterday. And the Krone case appears to be working itself out; Mr. Krone talked to me on the phone one day last week about the possibility of a settlement with his estranged wife."
"Wow, you talk a lot. Well this is what I know, Krone called after he had finished talking with you and talked with Johnston, that is probably why he had only praise for you. Johnston gave him shitty advice. Krone's wife wanted to give him shared custody of there five year old son, where he would have the primary custody. Johnston said that you never want to take shared custody and if you do to always try for the secondary position because it is better for all involved if a mother has primary custody, it is even better if you can pawn the brat off on the mother."
Kelcie gasped at what Tyler was telling her, "But Mr. Krone is a great father and he loves his son, why would anyone tell him that he didn't want custody. I hope you gave him better advice."
"Actually, I didn't need to," he said he had already received excellent advice before he had even talked to Johnston. He said that you encouraged him to settle if all the terms were ok by him and as long as he makes sure that everything was documented. Very good advice, good job."
