Bully Revenge, Pt.1

When I saw the name on the court docket, followed by a meeting notice from Sandy, my Paralegal, or para, I did a double-take. Then checked again. Yes, it was David Brewer on the docket, & Jordynn Perry wanting to meet. I mean, who else spells their name that way? Who are these two & for that matter, who am I? Why, I’m Johnathan Roberts, and I am at the head of up & coming lawyers in the southeast, at least according to the recent feature article (complete with cover photo) featuring yours truly in Esquire magazine.

Besides being a rising star, I have built quite the reputation when it comes to legal defense, having crushed the competition in several locally profiled cases. I was even getting national cases & exposure. Locals referred to me a “power-player”, and I enjoyed it.I am nearly 6ft, and have remained lean, with a red Porsche Cayenne SUV and an active lifestyle, and my tailored Brooks Brothers suits helped me make an impression. But it wasn’t always this way.

Growing up, all the way thru school, I was a terribly geeky kid. Thick ‘bottle-bottom’ glasses, wiry hair, and a moonscape of facial acne made me the kid that got picked on, and my main tormentor was Jordynn Perry. Jordynn was absolutely stunning, even as a kid. She lived just one street over from me, and I had a crush on her before first grade, and she knew it.

All the way through school, she had her pick of boys, then guys and now, as adults, men. She was skilled at bending men to her will. The only attention I got from Jordynn was when it came to being a bully. She shamed me at school & on the bus; she got boyfriends & random guys to beat me up. Her ‘steady’ in school was David Brewer, the local football hero, and he was particularly tough on me. She, & later David, made childhood, and later school, Hell.

After graduation, I lost track of where schoolmates were & I NEVER went to reunions, why go? To get picked on yet again? Instead, I worked hard to become not just a lawyer, but the best and most feared, and so far, I have been very successful. Now, as adults in our late 20’s, my paralegal, or ‘para’, who also went through school with us, was saying that Jordynn was calling, & in a terrible panic. I told her to set an appointment for today, and after Sandy left, I took a minute to contemplate.

All the bullying I had taken, & all the hard work, everything I had pushed and worked so hard for, was now working to bring my past full circle. Confirming the appointment, I got to work on background info about these two, and realized I had an errand to run. If I played my cards right, and I always play my cards right, this could be the best payback ever. The thought of it made me do something very out of character, something I never did in court or even for Esquire mag.…. I smiled.

Entering the firm’s conference room, I played nonchalant. It was not hard to see that, although it had been a bit more than a decade since graduation, ‘J’ was, if anything, even more attractive. I was ready for this, and had time to steel my nerves. Thinking of her just as I did with any other client, I kept it cool and professional, especially in front to of Sandy. “OK. So from what I am seeing here,” I said to ‘J’, “David has had some recent arrests, looks like drug-related, oh, and a gun charge too.” Holding up a finger I said, “It’s OK, Jordynn, just answer, has he done any rehab or pre-trial programs?”

Jordynn responded “No, he hasn’t gone yet, even though the court requested it.” Putting her best sad face on, in her best pleading voice, she continued, “John…I know we were tough on you…I know I have no right to ask,” J said, being sure to keep her arms under her breasts to ‘jiggle’ them as much as possible (They were clearly pierced, I had to note), “but I LOVE David with all my heart, we were about to get married when this happened.