Writing a fiction

"Agatha, it's Dick. My friend W.Dragon has a claim against him in High court, he needs your help, can you come?"

"Okay, when?"

"This morning 10 o'clock."

"Now is 8.30, it's a Monday morning, do you believe I can come on time? I don't even know his case."

"It's a very complicated case, can't tell you on the phone, come, at once."

I quickly change my clothes and calling for taxi, rushing to High Court.

I reach the ground floor of High Court at 9.50 a.m. W. Dragon is trying to delay the judge from coming to court room, and I am arrived the 15th floor at 10.10 a.m.

I don't even know the plot of this drama; not even know who is my litigant.

I sat down and start reading the document. It is a claim from a deceased's brothers against the deceased's only daughter, to take all of the deceased's legacy from her.

The deceased was a South African citizen, and so as all the parties including the deceased's brothers, and daughter are South African citizens.

The questioned legacy is a property, an apartment in Hong Kong.

The claimants want the apartment, because of according to the customary law of South Africa that no legacy shall be given to daughter.

Now is my turn to present my case, I stand up and start my defend arguments, "Your Excellency, according to Basic Law of Hong Kong, article 8, all the previous laws including customary laws shall be continued enforced in Hong Kong. However, only the customary laws of Qing Dynasty not the customary laws of South Africa shall be enforced. Though the parties are South African citizens, the property of this case was built in Hong Kong. And this court is in Hong Kong, therefore only the laws of Hong Kong are admissible in this court. If the claimants cannot present a Hong Kong case law or any Hong Kong law, which regulates only males of a family can inherit family's legacy; they cannot claim my litigant's property.

And the present Hong Kong Customary Law, that the New Territories aboriginal legacy law was changed, which allows all the children can inherit their ancestors legacy.”

We won this case.

Dick quickly go to the office room to talk about the apportionment of litigation costs.

I said quietly to Dick , "Never pay a single cent."

Then after everything was done, we are happily leaving High Court. Dick and I walking in normal pace, deciding on which restaurant we shall go, and W. Dragon shall pay for the feast. When we turn around, W. dragon and my litigant were disappeared.

Dick says, " W. Dragon told me this morning that she is his girlfriend, therefore he shall not pay you and I in this case. But at least he should pay for our late lunch."

(This will never continue again.)