Chapter 3The courtroom was empty except for the team that Marybeth was joining.There were 12 lawyers on the team representing the plaintive, a smallto...n that had lost their water supply due to the chemical company'snegligence. Marybeth knew a couple of the lawyers from previous cases,but most were new faces. Marybeth was only there for the preliminaryhearings and to help establish a strategy, then she was headed home.She'd return again as they approached the trial date.They were going over. Happy birthday, you wonderful lady. And many more.) Walking into the bar, I breathed in deep the air of humanity that permeated the walls of this libation establishment. I smiled at all the simple pleasures I saw the denizens indulging in around me. The harmless sins of the flesh and the minor detriments to the mind that are my gifts to give. And I give them out so freely. By doing nothing. As I crossed the age spotted floor, I watched the slim, but buxomy waitress walking towards me, her hand. A girl from the amazon jungle, who is the spitting image of the primitive original Ava! Bullshit to rumors! They want proof of true grit and internal fortitude. They have it! In one night she is elevated equal to their status. They celebrate her with gusto, and applaud her subjugation of the male, boisterously!“Yeehaw!” all four cry in unison. Their shout reaches the top of the mighty towering oak. From there it climbs, now a visible phenomenon, towards the sky! The roosting birds, sheltering. We had a very nice time, with her making love to me, and then me making love to her, before I showered and headed home.“Hey,” Elyse said when I walked into the great room.“Hey yourself! How’s Michael doing?”“I see you’ve finally come around!” she said with a smile.“No, I just don’t feel like debating it with you!”“My feet hurt. My back hurts. I need to pee every five minutes. And I’m physically beat. Other than that, just fucking fine!”“No contractions, or anything like that?”“No,” she sighed..