definitely be
convicted. There’s no might in it. They won’t stand a
chance. I’m asking you to help give them
a chance.”
Daniel exhaled as he leaned against
his Jaguar. He looked at her. She was so intense, he thought, as if the
very future of those Newsome boys were solely in her hands. And it disturbed him for some reason. Why wasn’t she out at the beach on this
beautiful, sunny day? Why wasn’t she at
the mall with her friends, or at a museum? Why was she so damn intense ?
“They’re in custody in Clayton you
said?” he asked her.
“Yes, sir,” Nikki said, a sense of
hope welling within her for the first time all day.
“Any bail set?”
“No, sir. The judge wouldn’t grant them bail. They’ve never been in trouble a day in their
lives, but she still wouldn’t grant them bail.”
Daniel had no intention of getting
involved with anything like this when he stopped to read that flyer. But he also had no idea that he’d run into
such a passionate advocate like Nikki Graham either. He therefore found himself reaching into his
back pocket and pulling out his wallet.
“Would you care to talk to their
mother?” she asked him. “She can give
you a lot more details. She’s right over
there. Miss Newsome!” she yelled before
Daniel could respond. But the traffic
was so loud that the woman couldn’t hear her. She therefore stepped off of the curb, to move closer, and yelled again.
But just as she stepped off of the
curb, a car was speeding by so fast that Nikki almost stumbled forward trying
to move out of its way. Daniel’s strong
hand pulled her back so hard that she slammed against him. And the car sped by, laying on its horn in
anger as it did.
And Daniel’s anger was unleashed
too. “What’s wrong with you?” he yelled
at her, his arm like steel around her waist, as if it was a protective
shield. “Didn’t you see that car?”
Nikki was shook up. Her heart was pounding. She actually hadn’t seen that car until it
was almost too late. “I was trying to
get Miss Newsome’s attention,” she said.
“You almost got yourself killed, young
lady, that’s what you almost got!” He was shook up too. And he knew his reaction was shrill, but for
some reason he couldn’t help it. When he
saw her step into the path of that car, his heart almost stopped. He nearly injured himself getting to her and
getting her out of harm’s way. It felt
as if somebody near and dear to him was about to be hurt, when he saw her in
that car’s path.
He also realized, now that it was
over, that he still had her slammed against him, and he still had his big arm
gripped around her small waist.
Nikki realized it too. At first it was a comforting feeling. She was so shaken by what almost happened
that she loved the fact that his arm was around her, and the back of her body
was wedged against the front of his. It
was a comforting feeling. But as the
moments ticked by, and they remained as they were, the feeling changed. She began to feel, not only the warmth of his
embrace, but the expansion of his penis. And it wasn’t just a swish of arousal, either, but an undeniably rock
hard press into her flesh.
She immediately extricated herself
from him. Their eyes met, which
acknowledged what had taken place more than any words could have said, and then
Daniel, to blunt his error, reached into his wallet and pulled out one of his
business cards. “Write your address on
the back of that card,” he ordered.
“I can go and get their mother,” Nikki
said.
“Did I ask you to go and get their
mother, Nikki?” Daniel snapped. Nikki
was offended by his snappishness, but he couldn’t help it. His irritation had far more to do with his own
frustration than any words she spoke. Because he couldn’t understand what was wrong with him. This girl had not only nearly given him a
heart attack, but she had