My first time in court was at his table. He was the firm’s bulldog. There were some cases no one else could win that he pulled out of left field, bu... more often there were cases no one else could even hope to bring home scraps from. That was Lewis’s job to keep things profitable. I had been run ragged all week. We had needed Lewis for twelve days and us paralegals, secretaries and assistants were drowning in the swamp of sadness.“Maxi!” He shouted at me and I smiled. He was looking smooth and. Mort steps back and to his left while grabbing Darby’s extended right arm with his right hand then he pulls Darby forward and to Mort’s right. As soon as Darby’s body starts to pass him Mort turns to his right as he changes his hold to grab the back of Darby’s collar and his belt, lift him up while still turning to his right, and slams Darby face first onto the concrete side-walk. All can hear the crunch when he hits the concrete. Mort thinks Darby is now out of this fight and due for a long. But what real choice did any of them have? That was what rankled. What was even worse, it was only a matter of time before Don camc back and demanded another sex show for his amusement. Somehow, it was more humiliating being put on display for his amusement than it was actually allowing the student to fuck her.Liz didn't understand that, but it was the way she felt.In the hallway after her second period class, she saw Ted purposefully striding toward her. She turned to flee, but he was too. This was him laying out their future and telling her she had no part of the decision. “We’ll talk about this later,” he said, then turned back to Kevin. Kerrie’s face burned red with anger and shame. She looked at the men at the table - they’d heard it all and were staring at her. The man Mark had shut down was rubbing his shoulder. He gave her a big smile and waggled his tongue at her. His friends laughed. Kerrie tried to ignore the loud slurping noises he was making but couldn’t. Mark nodded.