PROLOGUE
Isabella
“Good morning, everyone, this morning is surely a good morning for the people of the country as the Supreme Court of the country passed an order for life imprisonment to the rapist of Miss Agatha Jones, daughter of the famous businessman Mr. Harriet Jones. The case had so many twists and turns which had the entire country in curiosity but finally, justice was served, all thanks to Miss Jones’ star lawyer, Miss Isabella Lucas. And we are really fortunate and grateful to have her with us right now for an interview. Welcome, Miss Lucas!”
Okay this is just ridiculous now, first of all, the news channel did not even ask me beforehand for the interview, and now they are singing my praises even though I know how much grateful they are to have me. If it wasn’t for the reputation of our law firm, forget about the interview, I would shut down their news channel for behaving so unprofessionally. Ughhh, Isa calm down, smile and answer their stupid questions as soon as possible and hurry to the office for your next case.
“Thank you so much for the warm welcome, SFN network. I am truly honored to be here. Please go ahead with your questions.” I clearly lied, and I was surprised how easily words came to my mouth, perks of being a lawyer I guess, lying become your forte.
“Miss Lucas, first of all, congratulations on your big victory, and also not many people know this, but I would like to tell our viewers that this was Miss Lucas’ 25th case and her 25th victory which is such a huge accomplishment for her age and her profession. Hearty Congratulations, Miss Lucas!”
Um, wow. Commendable research skills, even I didn’t remember it was my 25th case, at least this news channel is worthy of some work. I thought that since they did not have time to ask me for the interview, I was unsure if they would know anything about me and the case but impressive.
“Thank you so much. I am so grateful for everything. Can we now proceed to the interview please?”
Yes, I am impatient, they are wasting my precious time on something so small which does not deserve my time. It is getting annoying now.
“Yes sure, Miss Lucas. So, if we look at your past record, you seem to be specializing in cases regarding women's rights, like cases filed against men by women. Is there any reason to that?”
The basic and simplest way to put it is I HATE MEN. Yes, the mere existence of men is enough to boil my blood, men just use women to stay on this pedestal and just order on women like they are some slaves and men are the rulers of this world. Men disgust me to the very core.
“Miss Lucas?”
Oh, No. I was so busy hating men in my mind that I completely forgot to answer the question. I cannot let my emotions get the best of me. Must give a calm and composed answer.
“Um, I just feel going against men is something that comes naturally to me, like I don’t hate men but there is a certain kind of resentment for men because of the cases I deal with you know? Like I am a human so sometimes I do get personally attached to certain cases and because of that I guess, there is some sort of hard feelings towards men but nothing extreme. I genuinely believe that there are good men out there, haha.”
Liar liar, pants on fire. My mind was literally screaming this while I was answering but cannot help it, this interview is not just about me but for my law firm, I cannot let my personal feelings come in the way of my law firm.
“I understand, Miss Lucas. As you know you are doing so well professionally, what about your personal life? Is there someone special in your life?”
Excuse me? The last time I checked, I was here for an informational interview and not some dating advice interview, why am I being asked these kinds of questions? Is the interviewer mentally well?
“Um, I don’t think I am required to answer questions regarding my personal life but as such, there is nothing to hide in my life. I don’t feel the need of any guy in my life, no special someone, no love, no romance. And I don’t think there will ever be. I am very happy in my life however it is and do not believe in the institutions of marriage or a relationship.”
The interviewer is looking so shocked as if I confessed a crime on the show. The only truth that I spoke in the whole show and looking at the reaction. I am sure they would collapse, had I spoken the truth in all the questions. I stared at the interviewer to get her back to reality as it was a straight-up awkward silence and on top of that, I was getting late.
“Wow, that was quite an unexpected answer, Miss Lucas. So, now it is time for a break, and we will return soon and till then keep watching SFN channel.”
OMG, can I go now??? Don’t tell me I have to be here even after the break. I hate it here.
“Miss Lucas, if you want you can go now but please answer the questions regarding the case so that we have something to tell the viewers like you can just answer those to me, and I will inform the viewers.”
Okay, that sounds possible. Thank you, God.
“Sure, shoot them right now.”
I answered all the questions they had to ask and was leaving when I heard the interviewer whispering to one of her colleagues.
“How can she be so cold-hearted, like who doesn’t want love in their lives?”
“She is probably acting, just to show herself tough and everything, or maybe she is foolish to say stuff like that.”
The best part about not wanting love was this, seeing people’s reactions. Making people curious about how something they want so dearly is something I reject every second of my life. To be honest, it is not even about rejecting, it is accepting my fate and destiny that love can never be in my life because it is not in my destiny. How do I know? I haven’t been so sure about anything in my life other than this. It is that gut feeling that you know will be correct, the same is for me.
LOVE IS NOT IN MY DESTINY AND THERE IS NO PLACE FOR A MAN IN MY LIFE
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