An Attorney's House Rules Part 2
All characters are at least 18 years old.
Author's note: I'd recommend reading the first story before reading Part 2 here, but to each their own. This story is posted to the Mature category. It could also fit under interracial romance, older woman, or probably another half dozen categories. Oh well, such is life. One man's coffee is another man's tea.
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Debra Delaney's heels clicked, echoing through the room, as she made her way across the office lobby. She exuded confidence, intimidating the lobby crowd to part like the Red Sea as her long legs purposefully strode to the elevator. She exited on the 5
th
floor of the downtown office building where the local district attorney's offices were located and marched straight into her personal office.
She closed the office door and sat down at her desk to collect herself. She spent last night at the mercy of a young 21-year-old black man, she had taken in, Jamal Parker, and the realization of her submission still confounded her. She was always the strong firm one, and she never compromised her principles or sacrificed her authoritative nature for any man. She woke up this morning determined to reestablish her assertiveness.
She got up early after a sleepless night and marched out of the house dressed sharply in a black business skirt and crisp white blouse under her black blazer jacket. Her look was accentuated by pointed knee-high black boots over her black nylons. In a different environment, she could almost pass as a dominatrix, but in this office space, she was the feared district attorney and office manager. Well-respected and intimidating, she commanded attention, and her directives received prompt attention.
The office phone rang.
"Ms. Delaney, the defense attorney for the Adams case says his client is willing to negotiate a plea bargain," her secretary said.
"He's got nothing to offer for a plea bargain. He can plead guilty to avoid a full trial, but the judge can sentence him as he pleases. There's nothing to negotiate on this one; there's no deal to cut."
Debra hung up the phone. She was in her element, in control and with total command of the moment.
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The work day passed as so many others had before. Debra felt like herself again. She was forceful with the defense attorneys trying to argue for lesser charges against their clients, and she had little mercy for criminals. She displayed a dogged determination to enforce justice for victims and their families, and she was good at her job.
The rest of the office avoided her throughout the day as much as possible. She seemed to be on a war path, even more surly and critical than normal, and the file clerks, legal assistants, and legal secretaries in the office recognized her foul demeanor.
She heard the word bitch mentioned behind her back, and it always amused her. When a man takes charge, he's seen as a strong leader. When a woman takes similar actions, she gets labelled a bitch. At this point, it was almost like a badge of honor, and she relished the devotion she received from the rest of the office.
They all recognized she was not only highly competent, but one of the best prosecutors in the whole state. Her 98% conviction rate attested to this fact. When she gave the staff orders, her commands were promptly carried out since she was always right, so there was no need to second guess her.
She was taller than most women at 5'8", almost 6 feet in the high heels she typically wore. Her figure was physically striking, her body lean and fit from regular cardio. If she carried herself or dressed differently, she might be regarded for her beauty, but her attitude and stern face pegged her as a no nonsense professional.
If you were ignorant but cocky, that was a lethal combination, she mused. A law office would see right through that charade and have little respect for that leadership. She was brimming with self -confidence, but her confidence was backed by her legal expertise and courtroom record. She didn't have to fake anything. She was the walking, talking real deal, so defendants feared her, while the judges and other prosecutors held her in high esteem.
There was talk of nominating her for a judicial position. She had been a district attorney for quite a few years now, and as she neared 50, she was starting to think that a new challenge in her life might be warranted. Debra considered that option, but there was a certain satisfaction in representing the prosecution and bringing justice directly on behalf of victims or their families, and she wasn't sure being a judge would bring the same degree of satisfaction.
Debra fumed as she drove home that afternoon as she resolved to regain the upper hand in her relationship with Jamal. Though she enjoyed the festivities of last night, the control she ceded shook her to her core. It was her house, and he was just a boarder, someone she allowed to stay in her home for a few weeks until he could get back on his feet. In the end, he hadn't done anything she didn't allow, and that's what ate at her. She didn't regret the sex. Debra wasn't a prude, and embarrassment wasn't in her range of emotions. Quite frankly, she could almost feel residual reverberations from the orgasms last night still rippling through her body. She didn't care too much that Jamal was only 21 while she was (gasp) almost 50, that he was black, that he was destitute, or even that she had sent him to prison 3 years earlier. After all, it was her house and her rules. But she let Jamal take control of her, and she was determined to rectify that. She set to reestablish the pecking order and take control of him.
Debra passed Jamal's white commercial van in the driveway as she pulled into the garage. For a brief second, she wondered what the neighbors thought of the sight of Jamal's van constantly parked at her house overnight. She quickly extinguished that concern as irrelevant since she wasn't prone to neighborhood gossip.
That night at dinner, they sat on opposite ends of her long dining table, eating from the delivery she ordered from her favorite Italian ristorante.
"Jamal, we need to talk about last night," she started.
"Yes, ma'am."
At least he still seemed respectful and deferential to her. He hadn't turned into an asshole after conquering her last night, she reasoned. She let him stay in an extra guest bedroom, on the condition he take care of the house maintenance, until he saved enough money to get back on his feet. She noticed the vacuum marks on the carpet when she got home, and the yard had been edged since this morning. He was at least still holding up his end of the bargain. This presented an encouraging sign, and her spirits lifted. Maybe she could have the best of both worlds -- a man at her beck and call to satisfy her sexual needs AND take care of the house maintenance. Debra wasn't interested in marriage, and she was beyond the child birth years. She wasn't prone to drama, and she didn't need a man to bare her soul to. But someone to help get her off rocks when she wanted and take care of the manual labor, well, that could be interesting, she pondered.
"We did some things last night. I'm not ashamed of it, but a lot of what we did - I can't let that happen again," she continued.
"I know, ma'am. I won't tell anyone. You don't need to worry." Jamal's pointed his eyes down as he talked.