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He was dog-tired but had to put the final touches on the brief that he was preparing for toious law firm Smyth, Lloyd and Thompson LLC The law firm was considered renowned because three city councilmen caovernor had been affiliated with it at one time or another Jacob knew that if he did well here there was a good chance that they would hire hi hard, he could eventually be brought in as an associate If he made it to that level, he would be proud of his accohborhood of the west side ghetto of Chicago

Abruptly his eyes came across a piece of mail that was addressed to him He eyed the mail suspiciously as he noted that it was fro up the letter, he took the letter opener and slid it between the folds of the envelope slicing it open Once the envelope was opened, Jacob removed the neatly typed and folded paper out and read

"Child support…" He quietly said under his breath Already it was showing hi a little over two thousand dollars They were de his work and health benefits

His face tightened as he continued reading the paper showing the due dates of each hty dollars athe issue or even seeking to take him back in court He pulled out his calculator and did his own calculations

"One thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars plus interest… A little over two thousand dollars… I guess I can send the boy that" He reasoned As long as she wasn't pushing the issue and there hadn't been a subpoena to appear in court for a supportthe eighty dollars a month in child support He put his calculator out and then pulled out his personal checkbook When he and Louise had gottenaccount for paying household and faether; but they would eachcare of personal incidentals and debt that they had incurred before e Jacob reasoned that this debt of child support definitely belonged into this category