The next day Jennifer sat in bed watching TV. She had gotten up before
Fagan and gotten bored, so she dragged the TV stand into the bedroom and
crawled into bed with Jack and Fagan. She was disrupted from her show as
Fagan yawned loudly and rolled on to his back.
"Mornin' Ms.Ballard,"said Fagan.
"Fuck off,"said Jennifer.
"Wee Miss Sunshine aren't we?"joked Fagan.
"I gotta call Andie today, and see if he signed the annulment papers yet,"said Jennifer.
"Ya know hun, ya considered if he could sue ya for emotional distress,"said Fagan,"Ya lawyers could suck an ocean dry."
"Thank you,"said Jennifer,"But no, he's embrassed enough as it is, he won't throw himself out there to the public like that. The newspapers already eat him alive on every case he loses, he wouldn't have a job anymore."
"What if he neigh signs the papers?"asked Fagan.
"Why wouldn't he?"asked Jennifer.
"Dinna know but men, they can be just as tricky as ya lasses. He may do it just to get his own back from ya,"pointed out Fagan,"What then?"
"Then? Well I've still got my bar licence I'll just have to take him to court, can't force a divorce on him, marriage was never consummated,"said Jennifer,"I'll sue him to make him sign it or something, but I can't see why not, he pissed as hell at me."
"True enough, I woulda want to be married to a lass like ya self,"joked Fagan.
"You wouldn't want to be married to any woman, so screw you,"said Jennifer,"Anyways, how's things going with Steve?"
"Threw the bloody bloke out, he's a slapper,"said Fagan,"I dinna need a bugger like him."
"Then what are you whinning at me for? You broke up with your man too,"said Jennifer.
"I dinna marry him,"said Fagan.
"Well pin a rose on your nose,"said Jennifer.
"Consider he finds out 'bout this bloke, Harry, what if he sues him, ya know he can,"said Fagan,"The bloke did interfere with a legal binden'"
"How will he ever find out about Harry?"asked Jennifer.
"Once again ya lawyers yer pretty tricky, ya can find out the things normal folks canna,"said Fagan.
"May I remind you that you were once a lawyer too,"said Jennifer,"And my I also remind you on top of that you lost your lisence for misleading a trial in the Queen's court, you made front page all around the UK, your lucky you just missed jail time."
"Details, details,"scoffed Fagan,"And I was sure the fella didna do it."
"Fagan, he admitted guilt to you, they had videotaped evidence of him telling you he was guilty,"laughed Jennifer. She laid down in bed and watched as Jack jumped up on to the bed.
"Christ, the hair ball's still here,"said Fagan.
"His name is Jack,"said Jennifer pulling the cat up to him.
**********
"She's married?"asked Kevin raising an eyebrow at Harry as they sat in Starbucks having a sobering cup of coffee. Harry had just finishing telling Kevin of what he had learned about Jennifer.
"Yeah and I slept with her on her wedding night,"said Harry.
"Are you sure? Maybe the guy just thought she looked like the girl in the newspaper,"said Kevin shrugging.
"No, it had her name under the picture,"said Harry.
"Well hey who cares,"said Kevin,"You ever gonna see this girl again?"
"I dunno,"shrugged Harry,"I wanted to, but she's married."
"Well probably not for long,"said Kevin,"She did run on out her reception and sleep with you, I'm sure her hubby isn't too thrilled with her right now. Probably serving divorce papers as we speak, if not all ready."
"He can't divorce her, if they haven't slept together yet,"said Harry.
"Then fine, he's probably annulled it,"said Kevin,"But think Harry maybe it's better this way. Like if she runs out hours after marrying her husband then winds up in a bar and sleeping with a guy she barely knows, she sounds like a first class bitch. She probably was just after the guy's cash."
"She seemed depressed,"said Harry.
"Fine, but you don't need tangled up with that shit, she's probably got so much baggage she needs a whole army to carry it,"said Kevin,"Anyways you've got Ronnie, least you know she's not a basketcase."
"I ended it last night with her,"said Harry.
"But you went to the bar,"said Kevin.
"I left her a note on the door,"said Harry.
"What? You broke up with her in a note,"said Kevin.
"She went out to get something for dinner and I wrote a note and taped it to the door,"said Harry.
"Man, that's cold. What did you notes from this Jennifer girl?"asked Kevin,"Maybe you two should get together, it maybe interesting to see how you dump each other. A hail of gunfire seems about all that's left for you."
"Well it's not like I could've just come out and said it straight to Ronnie, she woulda whined and bitched at me until I gave in and let her have her way,"said Harry.
"Mornin' Ms.Ballard,"said Fagan.
"Fuck off,"said Jennifer.
"Wee Miss Sunshine aren't we?"joked Fagan.
"I gotta call Andie today, and see if he signed the annulment papers yet,"said Jennifer.
"Ya know hun, ya considered if he could sue ya for emotional distress,"said Fagan,"Ya lawyers could suck an ocean dry."
"Thank you,"said Jennifer,"But no, he's embrassed enough as it is, he won't throw himself out there to the public like that. The newspapers already eat him alive on every case he loses, he wouldn't have a job anymore."
"What if he neigh signs the papers?"asked Fagan.
"Why wouldn't he?"asked Jennifer.
"Dinna know but men, they can be just as tricky as ya lasses. He may do it just to get his own back from ya,"pointed out Fagan,"What then?"
"Then? Well I've still got my bar licence I'll just have to take him to court, can't force a divorce on him, marriage was never consummated,"said Jennifer,"I'll sue him to make him sign it or something, but I can't see why not, he pissed as hell at me."
"True enough, I woulda want to be married to a lass like ya self,"joked Fagan.
"You wouldn't want to be married to any woman, so screw you,"said Jennifer,"Anyways, how's things going with Steve?"
"Threw the bloody bloke out, he's a slapper,"said Fagan,"I dinna need a bugger like him."
"Then what are you whinning at me for? You broke up with your man too,"said Jennifer.
"I dinna marry him,"said Fagan.
"Well pin a rose on your nose,"said Jennifer.
"Consider he finds out 'bout this bloke, Harry, what if he sues him, ya know he can,"said Fagan,"The bloke did interfere with a legal binden'"
"How will he ever find out about Harry?"asked Jennifer.
"Once again ya lawyers yer pretty tricky, ya can find out the things normal folks canna,"said Fagan.
"May I remind you that you were once a lawyer too,"said Jennifer,"And my I also remind you on top of that you lost your lisence for misleading a trial in the Queen's court, you made front page all around the UK, your lucky you just missed jail time."
"Details, details,"scoffed Fagan,"And I was sure the fella didna do it."
"Fagan, he admitted guilt to you, they had videotaped evidence of him telling you he was guilty,"laughed Jennifer. She laid down in bed and watched as Jack jumped up on to the bed.
"Christ, the hair ball's still here,"said Fagan.
"His name is Jack,"said Jennifer pulling the cat up to him.
**********
"She's married?"asked Kevin raising an eyebrow at Harry as they sat in Starbucks having a sobering cup of coffee. Harry had just finishing telling Kevin of what he had learned about Jennifer.
"Yeah and I slept with her on her wedding night,"said Harry.
"Are you sure? Maybe the guy just thought she looked like the girl in the newspaper,"said Kevin shrugging.
"No, it had her name under the picture,"said Harry.
"Well hey who cares,"said Kevin,"You ever gonna see this girl again?"
"I dunno,"shrugged Harry,"I wanted to, but she's married."
"Well probably not for long,"said Kevin,"She did run on out her reception and sleep with you, I'm sure her hubby isn't too thrilled with her right now. Probably serving divorce papers as we speak, if not all ready."
"He can't divorce her, if they haven't slept together yet,"said Harry.
"Then fine, he's probably annulled it,"said Kevin,"But think Harry maybe it's better this way. Like if she runs out hours after marrying her husband then winds up in a bar and sleeping with a guy she barely knows, she sounds like a first class bitch. She probably was just after the guy's cash."
"She seemed depressed,"said Harry.
"Fine, but you don't need tangled up with that shit, she's probably got so much baggage she needs a whole army to carry it,"said Kevin,"Anyways you've got Ronnie, least you know she's not a basketcase."
"I ended it last night with her,"said Harry.
"But you went to the bar,"said Kevin.
"I left her a note on the door,"said Harry.
"What? You broke up with her in a note,"said Kevin.
"She went out to get something for dinner and I wrote a note and taped it to the door,"said Harry.
"Man, that's cold. What did you notes from this Jennifer girl?"asked Kevin,"Maybe you two should get together, it maybe interesting to see how you dump each other. A hail of gunfire seems about all that's left for you."
"Well it's not like I could've just come out and said it straight to Ronnie, she woulda whined and bitched at me until I gave in and let her have her way,"said Harry.