Free Single Ladies by Blake Karrington Page A

talk?” Chris responded in a more humble tone.
    â€œThere ain’t nothing to talk about, Chris. You’re in there and I’m out here. You do ya time, and I’ma do me.”
    â€œSo what da fuck is that supposed to mean? You out dere fuckin’ around on me, Tammy? That’s how you wanna play?” he said, finding himself getting mad all over again.
    â€œWell, I don’t consider it cheating since we broke up. Don’t call my phone no more. Ya kids will be taken care of,” Tammy said, and then hung up the phone.
    This time she turned the phone off, placed it back on the nightstand, and lay down in the bed.
    * * *
    The law firm that Kim worked at was one of the top firms in North Carolina. They dealt mostly with criminal cases, but also took on lawsuits if the money was right. Timothy Duncannon was an animal when it came to the law, and that’s why he was the boss. Every lawyer who just passed the bar wanted to work for him, but his elite team was already built, consisting of four criminal lawyers, two accident lawyers, and six paralegals: one for each attorney.
    Kim was a paralegal for Tina Rosedale, a Jewish woman who specialized in murder cases. She was one of the best coming out of North Charlotte, and had high expectations for anybody who worked under her.
    â€œKim, I need that brief on my desk by one o’clock,” Tina said, walking past Kim’s cubical.
    Kim didn’t hear a word she said. She sat there in a trance, appearing to be looking into her computer screen.
    â€œKim! Kim! Did you hear me?” Tina said, seeing that she didn’t get a response the first time.
    â€œHuh! Oh, I’m sorry, Tina! What were you saying?” Kim asked, snapping out of it.
    â€œThe illegal search and seizure brief. I need that on my desk by one,” Tina repeated.
    Kim was on point when it came to her work. She reached over and grabbed the brown legal folder from her desk and passed it to her. “The cases I cited are all from within the past year. Judge Castle even presided over a case where he suppressed evidence in a case almost identical to ours,” Kim explained. “I also cited two federal cases to close the deal. I tell you, Judge Castle doesn’t have any other choice but to suppress the murder weapon and the drugs the cops found in the house.”
    Tina smiled, tapping Kim on the shoulder with the folder before walking off. Her work ethics were the main reason why Tina liked Kim so much; that, along with the fact that 90 percent of Kim’s briefs got granted once Tina filed them. Kim was hands down the best paralegal in the firm.
    When Tina walked off, Kim looked around the room to see if anybody was watching her. The coast was clear, so she reached down under her skirt and removed the bullet from inside her vagina. She gasped a little from the previous orgasm it gave her right before Tina walked up on her. “Damn! You’re gonna get me in trouble!” she mumbled to the bullet as she wrapped it up and put it back in her bag.
    She got up, bag in hand, and headed straight for the bathroom to change her panties. She always kept a fresh pair with her every day for exactly this reason. The bullet had become addictive, so much so that she took it with her just about everywhere she went.
    The lack of dick in her life was the cause. It wasn’t that she couldn’t find any, but rather she just didn’t have time for it. She was chasing money and trying to pass the bar so that she could move up in the ranks of Duncannon and Associates. She put her career first. A relationship was the last thing on her mind, but she had to admit that the road she was heading down was getting lonely, and eventually something was going to have to give.
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    Lisa couldn’t focus at work to save her life. She mixed up patients’ names and appointments all day and, at one point, she almost caused an accident in the operating room while Dr.