24 hours with the devil!!!

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and count on to help me achieve what I set out to achieve. She also had a six year old son though. Well, I arrived at Phils county, I parked my truck at the parking lot of an office rental and walked in to meet Jennifer who was standing at the hallway adjoining several offices with her six year old son, Chris and the landlord of the rental. Jennifer who was supposed to have secured an office in this building as we sought an office to carry out our operations. Apparently, she was having a spat with the landlord of the office rental on the hallway adjoining the offices and he previously had an initial agreement with her in place for the office but changed his mind at the death on discovering what the office we were renting would be used for. I walked in on them as they were discussing. “We had an agreement to rent this space for two years and you said it was a done deal” Jennifer said frustratingly. “That was before I knew what you guys would be doing here" the landlord replied. “We are giving poor people their constitutional right; do you mind explaining to me what you think is so wrong with that sir?” Jennifer cut in. I finally got to where they were standing and asked Jennifer “Jenny, what’s wrong?” She looked at me and said “Welcome David” before introducing me to the landlord of the office rental as the ‘Executive Director of our organization’. I extended my hands to the landlord and the landlord of the rental and I shook hands. “My boss just got here and was expecting to move in to the office that you promised us immediately and you are making me look bad in front of my boss” she said. The landlord added “She told me you were a lawyer Mr David but nobody told me that you were a lawyer for murderers on death row” “We are providing legal services to people who need help Sir” I added. Still adamant and blatantly refusing to rent us the space, the landlord said “You will have to provide your legal services somewhere else, Mr David because I cannot help evil people like that around here” “Not every one is in there for committing a crime Sir, some were framed, some are innocent and some are just victimized as a result of the chaotic system that this country currently finds themselves in” I said. “Well, Mr David, I am not changing my mind for any reason whatsoever. I have made my decision and I am sorry but I cannot help you, go somewhere else, will you?” “But Sir…” I tried cutting in. “Have a nice day, Mr David and Miss Jennifer, I wish you good luck” he said as he turned his back on us, walked into his office and slammed the door behind us. Jennifer who was already boiling with rage attempted to knock heavily on his door once again and I held her hands, restraining her from doing “something stupid” as a result of her anger. “What a piece of s**t! How can one be so insensitive? What is wrong with providing legal services for people on death row? What is wrong with helping people? Gosh! People are so so so insensitive” Jennifer blurted out. “It is absolutely fine, Jenny. We are definitely going to find somewhere else and we will get out of this mess” I said. “I am so so sorry. This is not how I wanted to welcome you here. I will find us an office but I just need to change my tactics next time. I sometimes wonder why it is increasingly difficult to get an office here. Once they find out you are providing legal services for people on death row, they change their mind and decline immediately. It is so annoying and frustrating at the same time” she said. “It is fine, we can work from anywhere” I replied. “Well then, we will just tell Chris to clean up his toys from the living room. Right, Chris?” she said with a huge grin on her face. “I will think about it” Chris said and we all busted out in laughter as we walked out of the office rental.

It was about 7 pm and I was at Jennifer’s house having dinner with her in the dining room which was well lit with a small chandelier hanging from the centre of the dining room, with a slow faded sound of music playing in the background She recounted her experiences and why she had a very keen interest in representing prisoners on death row. I have always known she had a thing for humanity, for equal representation and for enforcement of the constitutional rights of all and sundry but I listened as she explained why she developed a much more keener interest in providing legal services for people on death row. She explained that while she was still in school, she was making research and writing a paper on capital punishments when she met her first death row inmate, a man named Gerrard Riddler. Apparently, Gerrard and his friend, both blacks, robbed a pawn shop and they both got a death sentence. I asked her if that is the reason why she got into all this and she said that his attorney was in favour of the death sentence as he keenly believes that mad dogs ought to die without any question. She stated further that a lot of folks on death row either had very cheap representation or none at all which has led to lots of innocent individuals being sentences to death while others who committed minor offences are also being sentenced to death without fully justifying their crimes. She was excited to work even though she knew that at that time, I could not pay her anything since I was just opening my law firm for the first time. “I am so excited