Forget I'm a lawyer. That doesn't matter anymore. Just call me Kurt and I'll call you "Doctor", OK?, even though I'm older than you. I respect that you're trying to help me.
You want to know what happened? Well, I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
I don't get to Richmond very often. My law practice is in Los Angeles but I've made a reputation in a certain area of law that involves community standards. What people think is clean or dirty. The definition of obscenity. Freedom of expression. Letting other people live their own lives without trying to control their behavior. That kind of thing. I'm the best in my area of practice.
There was a theater owner here in Richmond, I guess it was actually in the suburbs, who ran afoul of the morals of that fine community and the upstanding guardians of public virtue there wanted to shut him down. The Association called me in to defend him. I went to Virginia expecting a big battle, planning to stay two weeks. The second day, the case was thrown out of court. I was really surprised, because Virginia is in the South and I thought everyone would be rock-ribbed conservative. But it was over right away. Still, I decided to stay over another night anyway, maybe go back the next evening, because my calendar for the week was already cleared for the case, see? Besides, I had heard that Richmond was a nice place to visit. There's a lot of history there. Interesting museum, historical stuff from the Confederacy, a great art gallery, that kind of thing. I don't take time for myself much anymore -- it's the price of staying on top.
I saw a lady on the street.
I first saw her when I checked in the night before. I thought she was a hooker at first. I got a good look at her when I went to that little place across the street to get a cup of coffee and stretch my legs, about two hours later. She was something to look at. I've never seen anyone like her and I've seen a lot of women. She was beautiful. Her skin was so white. Her hair was absolutely black and she wore an old-fashioned black dress, like something out of the 1950's, and it accentuated her figure -- she was skinny but she seemed to have tits anyway. The dress seemed too light-weight for the weather but she didn't seem cold. The contrast between her hair and that dress and the skin made her look like something out of an old photo album or a black and white newspaper clipping. But what was most weird about her was that she just seemed to be standing there like she was waiting for someone and she was still there when I got my coffee. I passed within a couple of feet of her and got a good look at her face -- she was so beautiful! She looked me in the eyes and for a minute I thought she was going to say something. She had beautiful blue eyes. But then she looked away.
I didn't see her when I left for the courthouse that morning. My hotel was over on Franklin Street, so I had to take a cab. But I saw her that night when I came back. This time I think she noticed me looking at her while I was waiting, because she looked me in the eyes and then turned away. Her eyes were so blue. I figured she had to be a hooker. Seemed funny for a streetwalker to be working a corner near all those upscale hotels. Usually you see that in a red-light district, not downtown. I've defended a lot of working girls, though, and I know that the really successful ones pay off cops, and doormen, and sneak into expensive hotels all the time.
Well, the case was dismissed early in the afternoon of the second day of the trial! I was feeling really good! I won big time! Super-lawyer! The Association was so happy they said they were going to give me a bonus because this case could have set a precedent that would have set their members back all over the country. Adult theaters were safe from prosecution, at least for the time being, in states with laws like Virginia's! This was huge!
I was feeling really good coming back from the courthouse and stopped for a drink with some of the Association guys on the way back. We had all this unexpected time on our hands, so we celebrated. Afterward, one of the Association officers, a guy who owns an adult theater in Wisconsin, gave me a lift back to the hotel. It was dark when I got there and I saw her on the corner again.
Now my wife, Boboli, and I have what you might call an open marriage. We're not hypocrites. We believe in enjoying sex and giving and taking pleasure, anything goes between consenting adults, as long as it doesn't hurt other people, and we practice what we preach. We're what some people call swingers but we just think we are open minded. That means we give each other the freedom to explore and experience other lovers. We know our bond is strong enough that we don't have to worry about our relationship. I'm just telling you so you won't think I felt guilty about what I did, because I didn't.
I figured she had to be a hooker, out on that corner at night. And it seemed to me that getting laid was a great way to celebrate! I could afford her. So when the taxi dropped me off I walked up to her and said hello. She turned and looked at me God, her eyes were blue! and for a minute I couldn't speak, she took my breath away. Then I got over it and said I had seen her there the day before and if she wasn't in a hurry maybe she'd like to have a drink with me. I didn't say the obvious -- that she was fuckin' gorgeous and I wanted her all night. Figured I didn't need to. Well, ok, the truth is with her looking right at me I guess I was scared to. There was something about her that made me hold back, like you don't talk to a lady that way.