Chapter 26. Watch Your Mouth

“Good man,” Walter said, patting Milton on the arm.

“Leonard,” a woman called out and she looked over and let out a long breath.

“It’ll be fine, I’m right here,” her dad said as he guided her into the courtroom.

She got to the table she would be sitting at, and Milton pulled out her chair, helping her to sit.

“I am so happy my daughter met a guy who knows that he may be born male, and with age, he became a man but chooses to be a gentleman.” She frowned at her dad, wondering what he was going on about. Just as she was about to open her mouth to talk, she was cut off by a harsh voice she had begun to hate the sound of.

“No guy can treat her like a lady… she’s a bitch.”

Pandora kept her face turned away from Derrik, but her dad jumped up.

“Watch it, boy!”

“Screw you, Walter,” Derrik mocked like a little child.

“Move over to your own desk now, Sir,” a court officer said, and Derrik huffed loudly and walked away.

The court was