Mrs Jackson's secretary

Chapter 14

Lorraine's POV

I walked into my office, hung the coat on the hanger and walked up to my desk. I saw a few documents laying on it, which meant Michelle was already at work.

I quickly looked through them and one particular caught my attention. At first I thought it's a lawsuit, but then realised that it's more like a letter.

I opened it and started reading. Of course it was from the one and only Michelle. No one else could get an idea to write a love letter like a lawsuit.

I smiled after finishing and put it on top of the rest of papers. Soon, a client walked in and I completely forgot about that piece of paper.

I left the room to get myself something to drink. I met Elle in the hall, but she seemed like she was in rush so I went to Morgan instead. We've talked for my whole break and I came back to my office. When I was preparing to go home I didn't see that the letter was gone.

I went to Michelle's apartment. After Zu greeted me, I saw that Elle and Toby played cards, propably poker. I joined them after I took a shower.

We watched cartoons together and at some point Michelle laid her head on my shoulder. I started mindlessly caressing her back. It took me a while to realise that my son was staring at us.

"What do you want young man?"

I stopped playing with the girl's hair, making her fix her position and lay her head on my lap. I started massaging her back and shoulders.

"Are you dating Ellie?"

"Yes."

It was surprisingly easy to say. I expected this converstation to need much more explaining.

"Does it mean I have two moms now?"

"Technically, but you don't have to call me "mom" kiddo. Only if you'd like."

I heard Michelle say quietly, but loud enough for both of us to hear.

"Okay."

He nodded and then looked at us once again.

"You're happier now mommy."

My heart melted. I felt Elle move her head to the other side, trying to mask her smile.

"Does it mean I'm gonna finally have siblings now?!"

He asked excited. This time Michelle failed and burst out laughing.

"Easy kiddo. Be patient and maybe one day..."

I hit her shoulder, wanting her to shut up before she says too much. She got up and walked to the kitchen with Zu's assistance. She came back with ice cream for everyone.

"When did you manage to buy it?"

"It's top secret."

She put a finger to her lips and winked at Toby. I didn't want to feel that way, but I was honestly a little jealous of her. It took some time until Toby got used to us since we adopted him when he was 3. And with her... She stole his heart the first time they met, I swear.

The morning came and we arrived at the office together, as usual. The only difference was, that people gave us weird looks. Mainly Michelle.

We parted our ways. I walked to my office and she went to her locker. After a few minutes she ran into my office and handed me a note that was attached to her locker's door.

WHORE!!!

I threw the paper into the bin and assured her that I'll find the person who did this.

This repeated everyday. She found a note that said: slut, bitch or something like that. And apparently someone started spreading rumors that she only got the job because she's slept with me.

I had my main suspect, but I didn't know how to prove it was Hudson. But, he had a plenty of reasons to do that.

It didn't affect me, I knew that people are gonna get bored of it one day, but Michelle had different opinion.

I was sitting in my car, waiting for her. I started worrying about her mental state. She was clean now, but it clearly wasn't a good situation for her to recover.

She closed the door a little bit too loud and hugged me. She hid her face in my coat.

"I don't want to do this anymore. I'm gonna quit."

"What!? Being a lawyer was your dream!"

"I know Lora, I know. But I don't want to have a reputation. I want people to talk about me because of the things I accomplished at the court, and not because I propably slept with my boss to get the job. We know it's not true, but my future clients don't. Do you understand now? It can ruin my chances to do... Anything! If I don't go to court, I'm gonna be useless. And with all my respect, I don't want to come back to being a secretary."

"Arlight, so what do you want to do?"

"We both know it was started by Hudson, but we don't have any evidence. So I have to quit and wait a while to allow this mess to calm down. And then I'm gonna apply for new job. In the new company."

"Do you want me to talk with some of my 'friends'?"

"No, at least not at the beggining. I want to try to do my best, on my own."

She started spending more time in her flat. I tried to accompany her as much as possible, but I knew that sitting at  home all day wasn't good for her. One evening, I decided to share my newest idea.

"Michelle?"

"Yeah?"

She put her phone away.

"I was thinking a lot about it recently and maybe... We could just leave everything here and move to London."

"What!? You're just gonna leave the company?"

"I'm gonna sell it, that's different. We'll have money, but if we want to work, we obviously can. Toby knows english very well, he's not gonna have problems at school."

"But you worked so hard to accomplish everything..."

"Sometimes you have to just move on. And I realised that I don't like my work without you that much."

"Ok. Ok! We're gonna live in London?"

"Yes, I already found a nice place I think you'll like. We only have to wait for my divorce trial."

"When is the final meeting?"

"Next week."

She nodded.

"Do you want me to come with you? I know I already was there as a witness of the events but now, as a close friend maybe?"

"Close friend! What a bullshit."

I kissed her and laughed.

"But if you want, I can take you with me."

"Deal."