Chapter 187: Chapter 187

Chapter 187

~Uncontested divorce~

“When both parties agree to the divorce and sign the documents the divorce is called uncontested; it is usually the easiest form of divorce, right now, considering the fact that you are still serving your jail term and the other party being Mrs. Fanny is preparing for her wedding” the legal representative Mrs. Fanny came with said to Mr. Fanny who was quietened and all ears.

“Why did you say so?” asked Fanny, trying not to keep his gaze on the baby bump of Mrs. Fanny which seemed to be irritating him now.

“Permit me to enunciate on this,” the lawyer said, and cleared his throat, “When a divorce is uncontested the parties may be able to sign paperwork and never actually appear in court or in front of a judge. And considering your stand right now granting you an exit permit to appear in court maybe a tedious task and the stress is just something you wouldn’t want to deal with,” he said and was interrupted by Mrs. Fanny.”

“Oh lawyer you don’t have to school him on this. It is irrelevant to him right now. Can we please proceed to what brought us here? I don’t have time to waste. I have a wedding to plan.”

“What do you mean by that, woman?” Mr. Fanny quarreled, “I asked for his opinion not your fucking opinion. I need to understand the whole process of the divorce and what I am signing, OK. If you have nothing to say, pocket your dirty mouth, and bow your head in shame…” he cursed and raised his voice at her.

“Oh you should rather shut that dirty mouth of yours that tells the worst lies mankind has ever known. I am not going to sit here and watch you say trash, do you get it, cheap liar? Gone are the days you told me dirty lies. This is reality. Sign the divorce and get the fuck out of my life!” She yelled at the top of her voice and evilly rolled her eyes at him.

“Oh really. I am a cheap liar; at least I don’t go about fucking my family lawyer few days after my husband was sent to jail. You stink. You are the most horrible woman I have ever known. I regret the day I went on my knees and proposed to you. You are not ashamed to go about in public carrying the pregnancy of a lawyer that fucked you out of wedlock. I believe you fucked him into marrying you, otherwise no one would ever want to marry a dirty, spiky old bitch …”

“Fuck you, Fanny! At least Ken is not as horrible as your sugar-coated tongue that is as bad as its owner. You wanted to fool me forever but the law caught up with you...”

“Enough!” the lawyer slammed and they quietened at once. Mrs. Fanny kept rolling her eyes at Mr. Fanny who was shaking his head with his face bowed. “If you two don’t respect yourselves I will be forced to invite the both of you to appear before the honorable court with severe fine. The honorable court sent me down here to make it faster and easier since you two consented to the divorce, but from what is displaying right now, it is obvious you two just deceived the honorable court, only to make a public show of your differences. Now I am asking again. Are you two contesting this divorce or not. If it remains contested you may have to appear before the honorable court to prove yourselves and earn fair hearing, but if this divorce is uncontested, lady and gentle man, we may have to proceed with the divorce paper work and signing,” the lawyer sounded, rolled his eyes at Mrs. Fanny and then Mr. Fanny. He was expecting a gesture from them before any further action. After a brief quietness, Mrs. Fanny smacked his lips, grinned and nodded.

Mrs. Fanny nodded too and added, “I am ready if his dirty ass is.”

Mr. Fanny shot his enraged stare at her, had the urge to talk back at her but decided to keep to himself when the lawyer warned with his hostile face. He sniffed and bowed his head.

“Ok without any further delay,” the lawyer said, bringing out some files from a thicker file and placed on the table. Gently he opened the file and started outlining papers of brown and white color across the table. “We will begin the signing of divorce papers proper,” he intoned and cast a stare across both parties, “Mr. Fanny you are to sign here, here and here. Your first name comes and then other names. It must be properly dated, of course today’s date. If you are confused about anything please do let me know,” the lawyer said, and grinned at Mr. Fanny.

Already before the lawyer was done, Mr. Fanny had started perusing through the divorce papers, and smiling through, “Can I take my time to go through what I am about signing?” he asked coldly with his watery eyes that seemed as though layers of tears were suspended in it. As he read through, his breathing struggled to keep still and he nodded as he read through. “Please lawyer, what does this mean?” he asked the barrister, pointing at a paragraph in the papers, “I don’t want further issues. We have only one child, a daughter by name Kate. I want to be in custody of her. I believe she will be well taken care of by me…”

The lawyer wore his glasses, and read through the paragraph, “Oh it is elucidated my dear. It means if you both agree without any party countering it, then your daughter can be under the custody of one party, that is if you both agree it must be so…”

“Whether the female party agrees or not, I must be under the custody of my father,” Kate said once she walked in to the room…”

And they cast a stare at her in shock…

Trouble ahead!