One That Got Away by Lexy Timms

Author:Lexy Timms [Timms, Lexy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Hades' Spawn Motorcycle Club
Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

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The clerk’s office was a small room with a bank of windows that faced the door. Behind the windows stretched rows of desks filled with people working at computers. Opposite the service windows sat a long counter with some stools. On that wall hung a long two-row rack where court forms were available. Emily stared around the room as she waited her turn.

The court clerk was very nice, though she was a little harried. Emily sat at a seat at a counter against the wall waiting for the woman to come back with the judge’s signature. She looked at all the different forms and was glad she had Justin to fill out the paperwork for her court order.

Different people came and went filing various papers with the court. Checking her watch every five minutes, she grew anxious waiting. What if the judge denied the order? Maybe he would think her complaints weren’t serious enough to warrant an order of protection. The clerk came several times to tell her that the Family Court docket was full today and she was still waiting for the judge to read Emily’s application.

At lunchtime the clerk came out and told her the judge was taking a lunch and that Emily should grab some lunch too. She nodded and sighed. Justin had warned her it would take a while. Emily stepped out of the courthouse and called Luke. “Hey, this is taking longer than I thought. I can’t get you lunch.”

“That’s okay babe. I’ll order a pizza.”

“Again?”

“Yeah, lunch of champions. No problem. I’ll see you when you get here.”

“How’s your leg feeling?”

“It’s fine. How’re you?”

“Tired of waiting. Nothing I can do about it.” She wondered if she should call her boss again. Maybe she should send Justin a text to get him to type up a letter to explain what had been going on. She could do that after lunch while she waited.

She grabbed lunch from a sandwich shop on Main Street. She hadn’t eaten out this much in a long time. Evan never wanted to go out, and Emily would end up cooking for both of them. Not that he liked her cooking. He’d complain most nights about what she served for dinner. She shook her head. How had she put up with it? Or not noticed his lack of manners?

At two o’clock she headed back to the courthouse and resumed her wait. After another hour, the clerk waved her to the window.

“Okay, the judge signed the order. I’m going to type up the judge’s order, copy this up and call the marshal to deliver it. I’ve checked and they haven’t called your boyfriend’s case yet so we still have some time. Just give me a few more minutes so I can give you your two copies.”

“Thank you,” said Emily. A feeling of relief settled around her and she finally felt like she could breathe.

The clerk looked at her with concern. “I’ll be right back.”

After a few minutes, a burly looking man in a marshal’s uniform entered the clerk’s office and the clerk came out of the office door.

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