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My dick thickens when I consider sheany at all Even better
Kennedy walks into the courtroo hair is pulled back into a low bun, with one rebel strand brushing the delicate skin below her ear And I reht, like sweet, ripened fruit
Just before she turns toward her table, she spares lance Her face shows only professionalism, but in her eyes, need and indifference, affection and trepidation, all swirl in their depths She looks lost And my chest clenches with the fierce desire to protect her, to encourage her--to pro tos like relief passes over her features Her returning nod is forets settled at the prosecution table
After the judge calls us to order and runs through the preliminaries, dear old Mrs Potter resumes her place in the witness box I stand up to continue ray suit jacket, and I wonder if things will be different between Kennedy andto be different
Kinder Gentler Morefriendly
Halfway through my second question to Mrs Potter, Kennedy hops to her feet
"Objection!"
Okay--guess that answers that
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The avel to adjourn us for the day, Kennedy’s high heels click briskly as she grabs her briefcase and dashes past me out the door My eyes follow her, but the rest of me sticks around to offer Justin a ride home, because neither of his parents showed today An hour and a half later, Harrison dropsI take the stone steps two at a time and make my way to Kennedy’s closed office door
Her secretary says she’s in a h thetellsthere’s four serious-faced, lawyerish-looking men in suits hunched over in deep discussion around her desk
"I’ll wait" I tell the secretary
I hate waiting, especially when I have an ass spanking to deliver And in this case, I mean that every way it can be taken
I sit in the e and ainst the wall
After forever, her door opens and the parade of uy, nods to her "We’ll speak soon, Kennedy"
"Yes Keep me informed" She nods back, her face set like a seventeenth-century plaster bust That was a very unhappy era for ceramics
I wait until the last man turns the corner, then I step into Kennedy’s office, closing the door behinddown at a file like she wants to set it on fire with her eyes