Chapter 93 - First Case

And so I did.

Here I was in the court room defending my first client and I was crushing it so far.

"Your honor my client deserves more than half of his estate and wealth but we are being generous enough to settle for half for during the good times of their relationship they were each others other half and equals." 

I heard the courtroom erupted in "Awwes" and that triggered my opponent.

"You're honor, the plaintiffs lawyer is obviously going to say that she is getting paid to, but what I have to say is that the plaintiff does not deserve even quarter of what we had offered." he defended and I rolled my eyes tired of hearing his voice as I pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Ah yes Mister Shin what are marvelous observation of that fact that this is indeed my job and I indeed am getting paid." I said as if praising him, but in a sarcastic tone.

The room quietly laughed at him and he turned red in the face with anger and embarrassment.

"You're honor she is just a woman and has no idea what she is speaking about and of course she is going to defend the plaintiff since she is also a woman!" he yelled and I smirked.

Any respect that I had for him, which is little to none, disappeared the moment her said those words.

He obviously was embarrassed and feared getting his ass beaten by a woman and I will turn his fear into a living nightmare for I had no intention of filtering and holding back my words as of now.

I chuckled as cracked my fingers switching to destroyer mode, "another great observation sir that we are indeed female, but the moment that you brought up our gender you knew that you have already failed. Firstly, Mister Shin, my client and yours have been married for over 30 years until my client decided to file for a divorce for he has constantly been cheating. When my client and yours met mine was already a business woman while yours was a lowly janitor and yet she gave him a chance giving up her job and everything when she got pregnant with their first child. She happily became a stay at home mom as he began on his venture of starting up his own business and she stuck with him through the rough times and even brought forth another child."

"You're honor this has nothing to do with anything. I miss when women would just stay in the kitchen and speak only when spoken to!" he yelled and I closed my eyes trying to contain my anger.

"Order! Order in the court!" said the judge hitting the gavel and all the noise and chattering stopped, "Miss Carter, please continue."

"Thank you you're honor," I said bowing as I continued, "as I was saying my client stuck with him through thick and thin until things got better for him and she has never once been unfaithful and fallen short of a wife nor a mother. She has made a lot of sacrifices for a family and has not once complained about it. She made sure that their kids were growing happily and healthy, kept the house clean and tidy and always had dinner prepared for her husband when he got home so you tell me now how is it that you can say that she doesn't deserve not even a quarter of the sum put forward? May I remind you of the loan that she granted him to start his business and she has not even received a red cent? May I remind you of the times where she would need money for the kids schooling and he would have the audacity to say that she should het it else where because he was too busy spending it on his other women?

-And may I remind you of the many sleepless nights and struggles she faced when he brought those women to her house and publicly made them disrespect her? The woman who helped to build him up and stuck by his side and even rear his kids and yet he has the heart to look into her eyes ad tell her that her years wasted only values quarter of the money that he offered to give her? If it were up to me I would ask him for very penny that he has got and that does not include the sum of the loan and the accumulated interest of over 30 years. And you Mister Shin have the audacity to say that you Miss when women stayed in the kitchen and only spoke when spoken to? Well we miss when men would go to war and never come back.

-This is my argument your honor. Thank you."

The whole room was quiet by the time that I was done talking and I saw some people wiping their tears.

I too felt like shedding a tear for her story was vey sad and even though I have sworn to never get attached to a case, this was my first case and I couldn't help but take it personally for my heart did go out to her.

I took my seat next to Mrs. Jung my client and she held my hand tightly squeezing as tears welled in her eyes

I really wanted to win this, not for me but for her.

"After hearing you're arguments and after careful consideration I have decided to go with Miss Carter. Mister Jung you are here by to give half of your wealth to Mrs. Jung as well as the family home. Court is dismissed." said the judge and I sighed a sigh of relief thanking God for this success of my first case.

Mr. Shin was mad, but I didn't care.

Hopefully this beating will teach him a valuable lesson and keep him up at night.

Reporters were pushing cameras and mics in my face and taking pictures as we excited the courtroom with a police officer.

Mrs. Jung pulled her in for a tight hug and I allowed to as I could feel her gratitude coming from her body.

The sound of cameras clicking and flashing filled the air capturing this beautiful moment and she let me go.

"Thank you" she said sincerely and I just smiled as I watched her walked away with the help of her son.

Mr. Shin casted me bad looks as he exited the room and I held my head high waving it him elegantly as I flashed my hair and walked to my car.

"Miss Carter! Miss Carter!" called out news reporters and I just stopped smiling as they bombarded my mind with questions.

I tried my best to answer them all, but I had other places to be.

"I'm sorry guys I would love to stay and chat, but my kids need me. If you have any legal matter which you want to take to court you can contact my firm A.E.C and schedule and appointment. Thank you an goodbye." I said as I got into my car and drove off.

I was going to pick up the twins and began the celebration for their birthday was tomorrow and I was excited.

One year with my babies and a lot more to go.

You did good today Atalia.

You're making everyone proud.