Chapter 9

Ok I know it's been forever since my last chapter but I'm trying my hardest to get them up as fast as I can. We got like 8 inches of snow and ice and the power went out and then it came back on but the cable was out which meant no internet for awhile. ( Also, I realized a few days ago that I made a huge mistake in the story. I forgot that Lindsay was a civil lawyer now instead of a criminal one. Oops. So, just pretend that she never started her own practice. Sorry.

Helen woke up on Thursday morning with a content smile on her face. Things with Mike were perfect and last night she had figured out a way to talk to Lindsay. She quickly got ready for work and grabbed her brief case.

"Hey." said Ellenor as she and Zoey came into the kitchen. "Why do you keep getting up so freaking early? You trying to avoid us or something.?"

Helen smiled. "No, I'm going to go talk to Lindsay and I wanted to catch her before she goes to the court house."

"Oh." Said Ellenor with a sympathetic face. "Have fun."

Helen gave her a sarcastic smile and left.
"All of your folders are in your brief case." Lucy told Lindsay at Donnell, Young, Dole, and Frutt. "Are you sure you're all right? You look really tired."

"Thanks." Lindsay said sarcastically.

"I didn't mean it like that."

Lindsay set her coffee cup down on her desk and began flipping through the files in her brief case to make sure that they were all there. The door opened but she didn't pay any attention to who came in. She figured it was Eugene or Ellenor. When she didn't hear them say anything she turned around to see who it was. Her eyes narrowed when she saw Helen standing just inside of the door way.

"What do you want?" she asked her.

"I want to talk to you about this." said Helen. I have to calmly work this out she thought.

"Ok then talk." Lindsay said stubbornly.

Helen looked around at Jamie, Lucy, Rebecca, and Jimmy who were now curiously staring at the two women.

"Do you really want to discuss this here?" she asked.

Lindsay defiantly nodded her head.

"Fine." said Helen. "I never should have done that and I've apologized. What else can I do to make you forgive me?"

Lindsay thought for a moment. "You can never speak to either of us again."

Lucy raised her eyebrows in Rebecca's direction and Rebecca shrugged her shoulders.

"That's going a little overboard don't you think?"

Lindsay stood up. "No I don't think it is. You kissed my husband. You're soposed to be my best friend and while I was setting in prison you were shoving your tongue down Bobby's throat."

Helen couldn't take being nice about this anymore. "You know what Lindsay maybe if you hadn't killed someone and gotten thrown in prison none of this would have happened. You are making a huge deal out of this. It was a stupid mistake. It isn't like I slept with him or anything like you did when I was dating him. And it's not like I tried to steal him from you like you did to me. If you don't want to forgive me, fine, but don't expect me to apologize again." She turned around and marched out of the office, slamming the door on the way out.

"She kissed Bobby?" Lucy asked curiously.

Lindsay glared at her before she picked up her brief case and walked out the door.

Lindsay, Helen, Ellenor, and Bobby spent the rest of the day in court examining and cross examining doctors and specialists who were testifying for the defense.

"Ms. Dole does the defense have anymore witnesses?" Judge Kittelson asked around 7:00 that night.

"No your honor the defense rests."

"Any rebuttal witnesses Ms. Gamble?"

"No your honor." said Helen. "The prosecution rests."

"Ok. Closing arguments will be at 9:30 tomorrow. We are adjourned."
"You heading home or are you going to stay and work on your closing?" Ellenor asked Helen as she approached her in the hallway.

"I'm going to Mike's for dinner then I'll be home." said Helen.

"Sure you will." Ellenor replied with a grin on her face.

Helen smiled and got into the elevator.
At Donnell, Young, Dole, and Frutt, Lindsay was working on her closing. Bobby approached her desk cautiously.

"Linds are you ready to go home?" he asked.

"No I'm going to stay here and work on my closing. I'll be home later." She said without looking up at him.

"Lindsay you know that we never meant to hurt you. It was a mistake."

Lindsay looked up from her paper. "I know," she said softly, "and I'm not mad at you for it. It's just... it hurts that she did that to me, to us. She said some things this morning that have made me think about it. I'm not really mad at her either, I'm disappointed that she kissed you but, I've done it to her before, too. I kind of stole you from her when you guys were dating and maybe...maybe I deserved this."

"You think that she kissed me to get back at you?" he asked.

"No, no I just...I didn't mean it like that but...I don't know." she said shaking her head.

"Maybe you should talk to her."

"I sort of told her off today. I'm not so sure she'd be willing to have a conversation with me right now."

Bobby grabbed their jackets off of the coat rack. "Then do it tomorrow, give her some time to cool off first."

Lindsay nodded.

"And come home. You can work on your closing there so you can kiss little Bobby goodnight."

Lindsay smiled softly at the mention of her son and gathered her stuff up. I'll talk all of this through with Helen tomorrow after closings.
What do you think? Read and review and I'll post the next one as soon as I can unless Mother Nature decides to be evil and hit us with more snow. Thanks for all of the reviews so far. I should have like 2 or 3 more chapters left until the end. Oh, and does anyone know the actor's name who plays as Mike on the show??