Toy's Story (34 page)

“You were the man and the friend that I needed at the time and I will always love you for being a perfect gentleman with me. Don’t worry I’ll take care of your family, well families until you get straight.”

“I probably lost my job.” His voice cracked.

“Don’t worry
about it
. We’ll get you another one.” I smiled trying not to become emotional.

“Yeah, I forgot you’re with the hundred million dollar man. See if he can hook me up with a Footlocker Franchise.”

“Consider it done. I can bank you if he won’t.”

“For real, for real?

“Yes for real. But you’re
going to
have to take some business classes. I can’t have a
n imbecile squandering my
investment.
” I joked.

Jamar laughed. “That’s okay I think I can do that.”

At that very moment Tyson knocked at the door. “Zatoya we have to get going.”

“Okay I’ll be right out.”

“He loves you, you know that right?” Jamar
observ
ed.

“Yeah, I know.
”

“
He’s a good guy
, Toy. I mean if things don’t work out with Logic, you should consider giving him a fair chance.  I’ll even stay out of the way this time.
I promise.
”

I snickered. “Whatever. Look I’ll see you in court in a few. The bails going to be high as hell, so no chance you’ll make bail.  So let’s just pray for a good Judge and a miracle, because we’re going to need both if this man doesn’t pull through and wake up.”

“God’s got this. I knew it the moment I saw you.”

“You have no idea, because I was supposed to be in Vegas living the lifestyle of the rich and shameless.”

“O
ld
boy
’
s rolling in it like that?”

“Yeah, but he
’s
down to earth, humble and grounded. You’d never know he was that rich
if you didn’t know who he was. Look I got to go.” I said as
I
gave Jamar a hug a
nd a
kiss on the lips.”

“Okay, well tell Logic thanks for the Jersey, the sneaks and the football. Much love.”

“Will do.” I smiled as I followed the guard out thinking how impossible it would be to completely walk away from either Logic or Tyson.

Tyson and I talked mostly about Jamar’s case on the ride over to the court house. He agreed that it was a good move not exposing Jamar’s get out of jail free via mistrial card to him at this point. Besides we were fairly convinced that with the testimony of the car’s owner Jamar could get out free and clear.

On our way I received a call from Dorian. “Hello.”

“Hey Zatoya it’s Dorian, Dorian Swann, Logic’s friend.”

“Hi Dorian, I’m on my way to court what can I do for you.”

“Yeah I know. I’m on my way to court to meet you. I just need to know which court room and the time of the arraignment hearing.”

“Dorian you don’t have to come. I got this.”

“Yeah, I know you do, but Logic wants me there, so I’m coming into DC as we speak.”

“Okay well, He’s in Court Room 212 and
his
hearing
i
s the last one on the docket at four o’clock.”

“Okay, I’ll see you there.”

“Who was that?”

“Logic’s attorney and apparently my ride home.”

Tyson cut his eyes at me
and hesitated before he spoke. “Your home is in DC, less than five minutes from the courthouse. I can take you home. Hell, I planned to take you home.”

“I know, but I had no concept that any of this would even be an issue. Tyson I have feelings for this man and
it’s
obvious that he has feelings for me. Let me sort all this out so that I can give you an honest answer.”

“
Toy,
I’m not trying to be crude, but
an
answer wasn’t really what I was trying to get from you tonight.”  

“I thought I was supposed to refrain from sex until after I make my decision.” I challenged.

“No, you
a
re suppose
d
to refrain from hav
ing
sex with Logic until after you
’ve
made your decision. It stands to reason that
the face time that I needed
was
your face in my crouch, immediately, as soon as possible. Hell, like right now
would be great
.”

“You are so damn nasty.” I laughed as I looked over and saw that his dick was as hard as an
uncut, raw diamond
. 

“I’m horny! That’s what I am.”

“Didn’t you have somebody to handle that for you?”

“Yeah you! Now that you’re back you need to get to work. That’s all I’m saying.” He teased
as he sampled my lips
. “Can’t you just give
it
a rub and tug or something?”

“Hell no! You are not getting me to jack you off in a damn
Lincoln
Town
Ca
r with
a flimsy ass privacy curtain.”

“Oh come on Toy. You don’t know how much I missed you.”

“Oh I can see exactly how much you miss
ed
me, but it’s not going to happen.
So you
might as well forget it. H
aven’t
you
slept with anyone
since
I’ve been gone?”

“For the hundredth time, I’m in love with you. There’s no one that I want to be with but you. I didn’t even want to be bothered with another wom
a
n I was so distraught over you leaving me. So, no it’s just been me, my hand
, some Jergen
’
s lotion
and that picture of you I took when you were sleeping naked on the couch.”

“You were suppose to destroy that, with your nasty ass self.” I said as I playfully punched him in his arm, repeatedly.

“It was a digital picture. I printed another one after you left me, so sue me.” He laughed.
“Besides you looked so beautiful in that picture. I couldn’t delete it even if I wanted to.”

I had forgotten how much I missed Tyson and Jamar for that matter. I had been so captivated by Logic’s
allure
, wealth and Charm City swag that I completely dismissed my friends without a care
or an afterthought
. No, I didn’t give Tyson a hand job, but I did let him hold me in
his
arms for the remainder of the ride. I must admit it felt good and for a brief moment I put my intense feelings for Logic on the back burner and let them simmer
while I savored one of the many things that I loved about an old love
.

It was no surprise to find Dorian waiting for me outside the court room when we go
t
there. However it was a big surprise to see who he brought with him. My knees weakened and the air briefly left my body as I discovered that Logic had tagged along for the ride. Tyson quickly dismissed himself to see if there was any word on the victim
and left me to brief Dorian on the case
and apparently deal with Logic
.

Logic hung back and watched me in my element. It was difficult to concentrate because it felt like his eyes was scanning my soul for the dirty little secret that I was trying so desperately to hide from him. Who the fuck was I kidding? I couldn’t even withstand his gaze let alone tell him that I was going to be staying in DC until Jamar’s case was heard.

“So tell me about this conflict of interest between you and the DA that Logic was talking about.”

“What?” I asked distracted as I caught a glimpse of Logic eyeballing me.

“Logic said that there’s some type of conflict of interest that could cause a problem and possibly get you disbarred or something to that affect. He didn’t really understand it, so he really couldn’t explain it.”

“Is that why he’s here?”

“What? No, he just came to support you. He loves you. You get that right?”

“He looks pissed.” I said as I glanced at him staring through me.

“No, he’s just a little confused. Hey, he’s a man you know how we are. We want to be the biggest cock in the hen house, that’s all. It just rattled him a little when this guy shows up at his house unannounced. He’s okay. Don’t worry about him.”

Apparently Dorian read the confusion all over me and of course he could smell Tyson’s cologne all over me
as well
.
“
What the fuck was on my mind?
” I thought.

“Just talk to me. Attorney to attorney. You’re okay. What’s going on?”

I shook my head. I didn’t know where to start. “Dorian I love him. I don’t want to lose him.”

“Come on Zatoya. Just tell me what’s going on.” Dorian coached. “You obviously have to tell someone it might as well be me.”

Yeah, like I’d fall for that bullshit. “Look, my pas
t
kind of came back around and is now threatening to snatch me out of my future. Before I met Logic I was involved with Tyson who
’
s the DA. We’ve been casually dating since
college
. During that time I started a friends with benefits relationship with Jamar Brown, the defendant which has been going on for a couple of years. So, this particular case finds Tyson prosecuting his
girlfriend’s
ex-lover.”

“His ex-girlfriend. You said girlfriend.” Dorian corrected me.”

“I’m sorry, I meant to say ex. Anyway, he could
n’t
get off the case because the victim is some high profile tourist and the Mayor’s office wants him to personally handle it.”

“So he can
’t
bow out because of a conflict of interest
,
because he would have to expose his relationship with you.
And that would or could
bring every case that the two of you have been involved in under
scrutiny
.
”

“Exactly. And of course if he prosecutes the case and wins, Jamar can cry foul and have it reversed under appea
l
, which will also shed light on our relationship.”

“Okay, I get it. So ho w long did you date this guy?”

“Seven years.”

“Damn, that’s a lot of cases.”

“Not really, we were real careful to stay out of the court room opposite each other. Still there were a couple of cases which we settled that could be viewed as questionable. Unfortunately, one was on New Year’s Eve
.
Naturally, he probably pulled some strings behind the scenes to get some
of my
deals
through
. I don’t know, but he’s really bothered by this situation.  So, you can see my dilemma.
There is a tremendous amount at stake if Jamar is convicted.
”

“Yeah,
th
e
DA could be disbarred and
lose his job if Jamar cries foul. So I’m assuming that Jamar knows about your long standing relationship with Tyson.”

“Unfortunately, yes.
They met about a year ago, but neither of them said anything to me about it until recently.
”

“It sounds bad, but I think we can buy a little time
.
Hopefully that will give the victim an opportunity to recover and clear Jamar. Worst case scenario it’ll give
the DA time to pass this
case
along to an Assist
ant
DA
or get the charges dropped completely
on
the basis of
lack of concrete evidence.”

“Let’s hope so. Okay well it’s time to go in. Please tell me you have a DC License to practice.”

“Of course. Let’s go.”

Now I’m not sure if any of you have ever been caught in a situation where you were stuck in the room with your ex-lover and your current lover. So, now add another ex-lover in the mix and multiply by ten
and
you’d have
an
inkling of how I felt. As nervous as
a hooker turning tricks at a prayer meeting,
I had to keep reminding myself that
I’m a professional. The courtroom is my stage. It lights, camera and action when I walk in there and all eye are on me. Still, those six eyes were threatening to throw me
complete
off my game
today
. 

If Logic’s jaws weren’t tight seeing me with Tyson they were when he saw me talking to Jamar. Now I’m a fine
ass
woman, so it stands to reason that both Tyson and Jamar were as fine as hell. Jamar cleaned up real good and was wearing the hell out of that three hundred dollar suit I bought him.

Yet,
I don’t think that
that wa
s what
really
bothered Logic. He could tell that there was a little more
to
th
e
friends with extremely good benefits story that I
originally
gave him. He could tell that these
two
men were in love
with
me after
just
ten minute
s
of
observation. Sadly I never really saw it after years.
Perhaps I didn’t want to see it because I didn’t want to be hurt again by somebody that I thought loved me. “What a fucking mess this is?” I thought as they read Jamar’s docket.

Honestly I was a little
frightened
. I hadn’t been up against Tyson in years. In a way I was glad that he was still in my corner to say the least.

“Good afternoon your Honor, I’m Zatoya Waters for the Defense and my Co Attorney
is
Dorian Swann
.”

“Good afternoon your Honor.” Dorian chimed in.

“Good afternoon Mr. Swann. I do believe this is your first time in my courtroom.”

“Yes your Honor. I practice mainly out of Baltimore.”

“Baltimore, I’ve been there a time or t
w
o. Would you mind if I take a look at your DC License?”

“Not at all your Honor.” Dorian said as he handed his license to the bail
iff.

As the Judge copied info
rmation
from
Dorian
’s license she took the opportunity to greet her favorite attorney of them all William B. Tyson. “District Attorney Tyson it’s a pleasure to see you in my courtroom again. What brings you here? Getting bored pushing all those papers
around?
”
 

“No your honor, not yet.”

“Oh I’m going to enjoy seeing the two of you square off. However I’m going to war
n
the two of you to keep it clean. I know how you both like to fight dirty
and sling mud everywhere
, but I’m instituting a zero tolerance against that in here. So fight fair
and keep it clean
if that’s possible.” She smiled.

I looked over at
Dorian who was looking oddly at Tyson who was looking very strangely at me. “Is something wrong with my hair?” I vainly asked. Yeah, I know. I had the audacity to call Jamar the idiot.

Dorian simply shook his head
,
“No that’s not it.”

“Then what is it?” I asked
as I smoothed my skirt
to make sure my clothes hadn’t fall
en
off and
left me
standing there
in my black thong
. I
was totally confused. I
had never seen
Tyson
look at me
like that
before.
“What’s wrong with me?”

“You’re fine, but your friend is about to do something incredibly stupid.”

Naturally my dumb ass looked over at Jamar who was oblivious to the whole thing.
It was at that very moment I heard the Judge ask, “Are you okay District Attorney Tyson?”

I looked back at Tyson and realized what was about to happen. “Oh hell
to the
no!
He wouldn’t dare.
” I mumbled beneath my breath.

“
H
ell yeah
he would.
” Dorian mumbled back as he slightly nodded his head.

“No your honor. I mean yes your honor. I know this is a little irregular
, but may I please speak to your Honor in her chambers.”

“You’re right.
It is extremely irregular.
What is this about?”

“Your Honor it’s an important private matter. If your
H
onor would please just indulge me for five minutes.
I promise I will explain everything.
”

“Ms Water’s do you have any objection
s
?” She asked.

Honestly I think I had
had a stroke and momentarily
slipped in
to
a coma, because I didn’t hear her. I was too busy staring at Tyson pleading for him to SHUT THE FUCK UP!

“Ms Water’s.” She repeated. “What in the world is going on in here today?”

At this point Dorian nudged me in my side
,
bringing me back to reality. Jamar looked a
t
me and mouthed, “What the Fuck
?
”

“Ms. Waters do you have any objection
s
to me taking a five minute meeting in Chambers with DA Tyson
on a private matter
?”

“I’m sorry your Honor. No your Honor I don’t have a problem with it as long as it
does not concern my client or this case.”

“Well, does it DA Tyson?”

“No your Honor. Well, yes I guess it does, indirectly, your Honor.” He said as he looked at me with a desperation that I had never seen in face before.

“
Ah sh
it. I’m fucked.” I groaned.

“Pretty much.” Dorian mumbled
in agreement
.
“Front
door
and back
door
.”

“Okay that’s it. I don’t know what’s going on
in here,
b
ut
I’m going to find out. I want to see all counselors in my Chamber
s
in five minutes.”

“All rise.” The bailiff announced as the Judge stood up to leave the courtroom.

I looked over one last time at Tyson who mouthed, “I’m sorry Toy, but I
just
can’t.”

I simply nodded my head
to let him know
that I
understood
.
A
s I watched
the
Bailiff
as he
returned to escort us to the Judge
’
s Chamber
s,
I heard Logic’s sultry concerned voice ask. “Is everything okay?” as he tugged on the back of my suit jacket.

I turned momentarily to look at him to lie, but the tears welling in my eyes told the story.
I simply shook my head no and prepared to go.

“Dorian, what’s going
on
?”
He asked.

“I don’t know. I’ll tell you when
we get back.”

“Toy are you okay?
Zatoya, answer me.
”
He insisted.