My fierce lawyer says she did it strictly for just the two of us
This case is fragile, dangerous and risky. Any wrong move will damage the whole thing. Once damaged, no cure. So I told myself please handle with care.
My fierce lawyer is my personal friend. She likes to raise her voice, sometimes bossy and wants me to listen to every word she says.
When I keep quiet it doesn't mean that I am her subordinate who will be obligated to fulfil whatever she says or insists. No way friend.
At one time I raised my voice back, shouted at her and warned her not to be rude. She was obviously shocked and started crying.
I really don't know how should I treat her but at the same time I could feel deeply that she is a good hearted woman.
A few days ago she forwarded via WhatsApp, her selfies of four pictures. I was extremely surprised and annoyed but remained calm.
This is very serious and unnecessarily could cause embarrassment if other people see them. People can easily misinterpret. The pictures showed she and me, hugging each other in the hotel room under the blanket.
I know you like to be jovial but this joke at this particular time is not funny at all. It's destroying you and me. I look at it as no joke.
One of the photos showed her breast exposed and that's too bad enough. For comparison, both should feel completely humiliated and shameful by our own doings.
I immediately remembered how this incident occurred.
A couple of months ago, in the late afternoon, she called me from the hotel coffeehouse, asking me to meet her there. I was very tired after about one whole day doing my work at the construction site.
When I reached the coffeehouse, she introduced me to Madam. She told Madam I was her close personal and business friend.
"My pleasure to meet you Madam," I said warmly and courteously.
Madam is a very courteous, polite and pleasant business lady from a neighbouring country. Madam and my lawyer were having discussion on drafting an agreement with a local company.
She asked me what would I like to have. I said I wasn't hungry. So I only had a cup of black coffee and a piece of cake.
Discussion on agreement would take hours. After twenty minutes, she suggested me to have a good rest in the hotel room. She said, Madam had paid for the room, a wastage if I didn't utilize.
Okay, I went up to the hotel room. Being exhausted, had quick shower, wore hotel pyjama and slept comfortably.
A few hours later, I think, half-awake, it was of course making your sleep more enjoyable to hug someone, you, in this case, next to you in bed. And continue sleeping.
Without realizing it, that was the time I believe, and she admitted, she took several selfie photos of us, just for fun and joke.
I knew her habit and personal character very well. She likes to snap photos everywhere here and there. The boring part is before having lunch or dinner, I had to wait for the food photography session first before we could start eating.
After seeing the embarrassing photos from my mobile phone, I texted her and managed to communicate.
I asked her why only now you forwarded the photos to me. She said she knew I would be unhappy and angry.
And then I told her firmly to delete all the photos immediately. She refused and said she did it strictly for just the two of us. No one knows.
Why are you so stubborn, I was about to tell her, but I didn't. I know her character very well. She will never listen to me.
As I mentioned earlier, this case is fragile, dangerous and risky. Any wrong move will damage the whole thing. Once leaked, damaged, no cure. So I told myself please handle with care.
Without further delay, I prepared my action plan within those few days so as to ensure she would listen to me and finally agree with my advice.
I decided to persuade her in different way. I have to be extra careful and patient. Talk to her nicely and explain to her slowly but surely until all photos concerned are completely deleted permanently.
Dating my lawyer for four consecutive nights before achieving successful solution and agreement
The only time I had to date her was after Tarawih prayers until late night.
On the first night, we went to mamak eatery.. Having teh tarik, we enjoyed talking from one topic to another. The photos issue was never discussed at all. Just to make her feel happy without pressure. To make her happier, I told her she was a great lawyer. She said she appreciated my compliment.
Second night. We went to a musical lounge. Comfortably, listening songs performed by three-piece-band and one sexy female singer with powerful voice. Entertaining, they were performers from Philippines. I told my lawyer she was prettier and sexier than the singer. She laughed. But it's quite true, I said.
Third night dating was a little bit special. We had candle-light dinner in one of most expensive restaurants in town. From appetiser prawn cocktail, french onion soup with bread, followed by main course sirloin steak with thousand island and black pepper as the accompaniment, dessert and coffee. We enjoyed our dinner slowly, with love, laugh and genuine smile, so romantic... and while whispering to her, I said: "You are wonderful tonight," and "I'm so excited to have you with me."
And on the final fourth night, to fulfil her request, she wanted to ride behind me my cheap motorcycle, the kapchai for sightseeing, smooth cold weather as far as 20 kilometers until we saw a lively Malay stall selling mee rebus.
That night was the most meaningful. While eating the noodles, we had a heart to heart talk about the risk of keeping the photos.
"I'm convinced that you keep the photos only for our happy moment, not for framing me ya," I told her.
"Of course not. Not worth threatening you. You're just nobody and not somebody," she replied.
"As a lawyer, you should know better."
She's listening.
"I'm afraid the photos could have been forwarded to a third party accidently. There were cases before," I reminded her, "if it happens, it will be very shameful to us."
She just kept quiet and thinking.
"If you allow, can I have your mobile phone?"
After a few minutes careful consideration, she gave her phone to me.
"You took our selfie photos without my consent. But I still seek your permission to delete them. Can I do it?
"Okay, just delete them," she said.
Immediately I deleted all photos completely and permanently.
On the way back to the city, I thanked her and told her we should celebrate that we had made a right decision together.
"Anything you want?"
She replied: "Spend a night in a hotel," she suggested.
"I wish if I could, but not tonight."
"When?"
" After Ramadan."
Based on true story.. All pictures are for illustration purpose only.
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