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Judge Reynolds looked down from his seat on the high rostrum and sighed almost inaudibly as the defense lawyer droned on about how his drug dealing client's rights were violated and therefore should be set free. The arguments were old, well worn and thoroughly discredited but he went on nonetheless, fulfilling his "duty" to his client to defend her "zealously." John Maynard Reynolds, or more formally, "Mr. Justice Reynolds" since his elevation to the Court of Appeals the previous year, was still called "Judge Reynolds" by most who knew him, the title a holdover from his sixteen years as a trial judge. He was better known as "Maximum John" to the criminal defense bar, a nickname acquired over his years on the trial bench by almost always awarding the maximum sentence allowed by law to the miscreant unlucky enough to stand before him. A prosecuting attorney for twelve years before his appointment to a judgeship, he had little patience for cute defense arguments about the legalities of a search or an arrest. If he did the crime, he'll do the time . . . all of it; every last day he can award.
Judge Reynolds suppressed a yawn, glanced down at his watch and drifted off a bit as he often did when the oral arguments were tedious. Three forty - Jesus this numb nut is going to use every minute of his allotted time on this useless argument, he thought to himself. Well, as soon as it's four o'clock, this guy gets the hook and we adjourn for the weekend. I'll hit the driving range for an hour, grab some dinner and then climb on the computer - today is the day I do it.
Mercifully, four o'clock finally arrived and just as he had promised himself, he cut the defense lawyer off in mid-sentence and adjourned. John shook hands with the other four Justices on the court, exchanged a few pleasantries and was off quickly to his chamber to change and head out. In ten minutes he was in his silver Mercedes heading for the driving range at his club, thinking about the evening to come. He had laid awake most of the previous night thinking about it and decided that he was going to finally take the plunge - he was going to take the first step in contacting that incredibly exciting lady.
The driving range was a waste of time. He was so excited and anxious about his decision that he shanked half of his shots and sliced the other half. After one bucket he'd had enough and drove home. In less than ten minutes he was there. Fortunately traffic was light this far out of the city because he daydreamed the whole way, rehearsing over and over in his mind what he would say in his first note. He tossed his keys into the dish on the foyer table, slid a frozen dinner in the microwave and headed for his plush, book lined office. He turned on his computer and monitor and sat back in his thick, comfortable, black leather chair. He checked his e-mail and read the few messages waiting there from his colleagues. He heard the beeper from his microwave signaling dinner was ready (such as it was), rose and returned to the kitchen.
He wolfed down the frozen lasagna in record time, almost without noticing it as he watched the news and daydreamed more about this evening. What if she doesn't answer me? What if she finds out who I am? What if somebody else finds out about my little "hobby." This is crazy - I'll be crucified if anybody finds out. The papers would have a field day. But, I can't take it any more. The urge is so strong, it's like a tidal wave sweeping everything else away. I have to do it - whatever the danger . . . the hell with the danger.
Shortly after eight o'clock he went into his bedroom, stripped off his clothes and put on his silk robe and soft leather slippers. He went back to the kitchen and poured himself a glass of chilled Chardonnay and padded back to his office with it, returning to his leather chair. He set the glass down on the coaster beside his monitor and logged into one of his "blue" Internet accounts - one of the accounts he acquired with an alias and which he used to surf the net for his favorite topic, Bondage and Domination. He particularly liked Female Domination and, although he liked pictures, he was turned on most by good, hot, short stories.
For five years, he had been spending more and more of his evenings just like this. Oh, he dated occasionally but the dates became less and less frequent as he spent more and more time in front of the computer. At the age of fifty two, slightly under five foot seven, with a thick paunch that hung over his belt, thin, flabby arms, sunken chest, rounded shoulders and pronounced double chin, he knew he wasn't attractive to women, until, that is, they learned about his money, and then most became very interested. It hardly seemed worth the trouble though. Straight sex just didn't compare to his fantasy world of haughty, cruel dominas, leather, ropes and domination.
Judge Reynolds had even been married once, but he just got bored with her. She blew through four hundred thousand of his eight million inherited trust fund in about six months on her fancy clothes, jewelry and cars before he'd had enough and threw her out. She didn't want to play any kind of sexual games and was a lousy lay to boot. She looked great but once you got inside the wrapping, there was nothing there. He slapped her a few times before physically tossing her out but she deserved it. Fortunately, none of the slaps made a mark on her. Her abuse charge was ignored by police who very much wanted to keep "Maximum John" on the job and happy with them. The pre-nup held up and she got nothing, nadda, not a cent.
The Judge slid back in his chair, his silk robe cool on his back and sipped his wine. With a few key strokes he transported himself to her site, "The Kat's Kradle," home of Mistress Katrina, the most exciting woman he had ever seen. He had found her site six months ago almost by accident, following a series of links in his usual search for femdom erotica. Her home page caught his attention immediately. It was a large picture of herself in full, menacing, black leather regalia. She had a large mane of tightly curled red hair and emerald green eyes that shone with a glow all their own..