Private Dick -- Consent Part 1
Blair awoke to find herself in her apartment; in her bed. Her head throbbed. Her throat was as dry as the Sahara desert. She was naked but for her high heel shoes. There was an aching between her legs. Her breasts felt bruised; her nipples sore.
"Oh! My head!" Blair struggled to sit up. Her spinning head made it difficult to steady herself even with both feet planted firmly on the floor. "Wow! I didn't think I drank that much last night."
Blair, a second year philosophy student at the university seldom went to bars; even more seldom alone. She had finally finished the introduction to her thesis and wanted to celebrate a bit. While Blair was active in social media, it was only to let her family know she was doing okay living away in the big city. Selfies mostly showed her around the campus.
The pretty, blond sophomore was very self-conscience of her body. She stood only five feet two but weight close to 180 pounds. Her big round, bosom matched her big, round bum. Her belly wasn't fat but was big around. Her legs were proportionally shaped. She had a few friends at school but none were close. At home, Rita was her closest friend.
Blair suddenly became aware of the wetness between her legs. She looked between her thighs and noticed a large amount of goo starting to leak from her vagina. She used her fingers to scoop some up to sniff at it. It smelled unfamiliar but she noticed there was a slight pink tinge to it.
Then it all came back.
A man at the bar started up a conversation with her. He bought her a couple of drinks as the night went on and started to feel a bit out of sorts. She remembers getting into a car and driving to her apartment. And then... "Oh my gawd! I've been raped!"
She immediately wanted to shower to wash all the filth away but knew she had to report it. A call to the cops lead to a visit to the hospital where evidence was collected. Bar and area video lead to a quick arrest. Maurice Lester was quickly found and placed in custody.
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"Ring... Ring...Ring...!"
"Afternoon. Koshenko Law! Sara speaking. How may I help you?"
"Hi Sara! It Maurice Lester!" The voice on the other side said. "I need your help. I've been arrested."
Sara Koshenko. Family law attorney. She articled at a big law firm but did not like the types of cases she was assigned or assisted with. It went against her way of thinking and who she wanted to support. Unable to find a suitable firm and after being called to the bar, Sara took a huge risk and opened her own practice.
Maurice Lester was a big client. While Sara still worked for the firm, her manager assigned his case to her to help with a separation agreement from his cohabitating girlfriend claiming she was aggressive and assaulted him. After she left, he was one of the clients that followed her. Since then, he continued to use Sara for a number of personal and business issues.
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Sara was lead to a private room in at the police station. She waited until Maurice was lead in and uncuffed. He took a seat across from her. He explained what he was arrested and accused of.
"Maurice. I'm a family lawyer. I'm not a criminal lawyer." Sara freely admitted. "I can refer to you another lawyer who I am sure can support your case."
"Sara. We've been together for a number of years now. I just don't have trust in someone else right now. Please. Please."
"Well. Let review what we have and then we can decide the best course of action." Sara reluctantly said.
"... when we went to Blair's place, she was begging me for intercourse. I was wary at first so I made her sign a consent form. She signed it freely. After which we had unprotected intercourse. I was very surprised to find out she was a virgin."
"Wait! So you have a signed consent form? Where is it?" Sara asked. "If you do have it, I'm sure we can get you off."
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After bail was arranged and Maurice released, Sara collected the consent form from him for the trial. It was a powerful piece of evidence that would exonerate her client and absolve him of the sexual assault charge.
During the pre-trial discovery, Sara presented the consent form. A shocked Blair conceded it was her signature but had no memory of signing any document. Certainly, she would have never agreed to sex with someone she was not married to, especially unprotected sex. But the prosecution determined the case was unwinnable and had no option but to withdraw all charges.
Sara was devastated. She realized Blair was probably telling the truth and somehow, Lester had got her to sign the form. She decided that after he paid her bill, she would drop him as a client.
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"NO! Just please pay for my services!" Sara argued over the phone. "I got you off. You're free of the charges so there is no reason not to pay me!"
"Well I think we should go out for a celebration dinner first." Maurice Lester replied calmly. "That's it. Dinner and then payment. Otherwise, good luck collecting."
Sara practice wasn't making huge sums of money. For him not to pay her was going to hurt especially with all the time she put into prepping the case. His payment would cover her office rent for the next couple of months. "Fine! But that's it. After that, our association with anything is done!"
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The restaurant was a high end; fine dining place where there would be plenty of witnesses should things go awry. Sara felt somewhat safe going there. She purposely showed up late and found Maurice waiting at the table. His fingers played with a ring on his right ring finger. The server came by and offered menus. "Good evening. My name is Courtney. May I start you with something to drink?