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Leap of Faith (Chapter 6)
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The dog days of August and September are definitely not the California dream. This particular scorching heat wave came replete with temperatures that were expected to hit 105°F and stay there for at least a week. There was no breeze to speak of and little relief at night, leaving very little control in the hands of the denizens of the City of Angels.
Alice and Dana sat side by side in the 12th floor conference room of Century City law firm of the principal defense attorney in their lawsuit against four tabloid magazines. Their own lead attorney, Stephanie Tate, happened to have offices on the 17th floor, which turned out to be a fairly common coincidence among LA’s top law firms.
“Your clients understand that they’re here as a courtesy, do they not?” Bradley Greenberg asked the question for the third time while waiting for the final cadre of defense attorneys to settle in. “One outburst from either of them and they will both be escorted out.”
“For crying out loud, Brad,” Stephanie admonished her colleague with gentle authority, “they understood this before they walked in the room. Knock it off, will you?”
She took her seat next to Dana, while Whit Strobel sat at Alice’s side. Patrick Dunbar, a partner at Stevens & Tate et al, and the third member of the Fairbanks’ legal team, briefly surveyed the 18 corporate lawyers, four personal attorneys and dozen respondents across from them and nodded to the court reporter seated at the far end of the ridiculously long oval table. He tapped the microphone before him, simultaneously testing the sound and getting the attention of the others in the room.
“Let’s get started, shall we? Counsel will state appearances and then Ms. Ceccarelli will swear in the witnesses.”
Patrick quickly rattled off the names and firms of the lawyers for the plaintiffs and settled back to wait while the defense attorneys did the same and all the potential witnesses were sworn in. Dana found Alice’s hand under the table and held it snugly. They’d purposely walked into the room looking under-manned, just as their lawyers had appeared to play into the freedom of the press/free speech case and libel defense they knew the tabloids were planning. Their strategy was to appear to focus on the obvious issues during the voire dire and records subpoenas, carefully wording both to ensure they got what they needed without tipping their hand. They knew that all of the defense attorneys were working collaboratively and fully expected that they would be flooded with paper and electronic records in an attempt to overload their comparatively meager resources. Of course the defense hadn’t counted on the plaintiffs having the combined support of Peggy Peabody, Beth Kenyon and a dozen or so of their friends. Alice gave Dana’s hand a calming squeeze. Neither of them, especially Dana, was built to be a spectator, yet the moment that they’d long been planning had arrived at last and they could do nothing more than observe.
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Woo-Hoo! So excited to see an update! I’m glad to see Alice and Dana moving forward against the tabloids — and I love the strategy they employed. Their legal team rocks! Good for Whit to come up with the counter-proposal. Yay for Helena! They both needed that — for more reasons than one. And Yay for Aunt Charlotte. Even if it doesn’t help mend fences, at least it might help Lara a little bit. Nadia is a bigger bitch than I thought. I think Bette is in for some trouble. I hope she tells Tina what’s going on before she hears about it some other way. And Danish hotness? Super-Yay! So funny that Dana asked the doctor about using Bob. And this: “pulled her beloved’s hand into its customary spot, planted securely on her boob”? Excellent. You have done an amazing job with the continuity through your stories. It’s such a pleasure to read. Thank you so much for the kind comments on my story. I fear it doesn’t hold a candle to yours, but, the feedback means a lot to me. Thanks, SammysGirl!!
Great chapter! I didn’t realize Helena was already there when Lara’s aunt came out. I loved that, also go team Danish for pulling out the win the courthouse…its time some homos win in Law and Government.of course the awesome awesome Creamy Danish mmmmm…Loved the chapter can’t wait for the next one PPS
i can’t imagine how you do it..you write heaps of pages and each page is fantastic!! we danish fans are too lucky..take ur time and don’t over do it cuz ur chapters are so worth the wait :)
AMAZ-ING! that is all! you pretty much left me speechless. Awesome update! :D
Ya know, it’s stories like this that really make me miss Dana. She was an awesome character on the show, and more grounded than most. Dana and Alice were really cute together. Post soon!
WOW what a very HOT update!!!! Im sooooo happy that Dana and Alices legal team kicked some serious ass(they deserve this) I loved that aunt Charlotte spoke up and came out,hopefully this will help Lara out!!!! LOVED the Helena and Lara hot lovemaking(well over due for them) AND BOB,wow Sammy u really fucking know how to write !!! Happy Danish Dance going on right now,have to go take a COLD shower!!!! Please post soon!!!
that was great and I can’t wait to see what will happen next please post soon great update I love this story
Ok ok ok. Officially caught up now. Sorry I’ve been MIA. It was tough getting on a comp but I have my own at work now which is nice…ANYWAY…I have sorely missed you my friend! Jesus Fucking Christ! You truly have a gift! This was as usual, extremely well written and clever and SEXY with an emphasis on the SEX! hahaha. Thank you very very much for making 45 minutes of my lame job fly by! I love you and am anxiously awaiting your next Chapter!!! PPS!!!