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When dinner is over, we all head to the bar for a “nightcap” I don’t particularly want one, and these boors are starting to get on ladly accepts and heads to the bar for another glass of wine I stand there, with only , and talk to one of ues, David Mills He’s an older attorney froether in the past Out of the entire group, he’s about the only one I can really stand, and that’s only because he’s old enough that his ego has mellowed somewhat

“You did a really fine job today,” David says and clinks his glass againstthat this case won’t even make it to the courtroom ”

I nod absently at hiht now is focused on Brian approaching Mac at the bar I tense up when I see hi wave of her wine out of her glass and onto her lap She’s pissed but re the liquid with a napkin She says so to him and, by the look on her face, it’s not very nice By the drunk look on his, I can tell he doesn’t understand that she’s pissed

“What do you think about asking for a voluntary lance toward him… my face rather blank because, while I heard him, while I understood hi drunk moves on Mac

“Yeah…my attention back to the bar

They exchange solued to her brsts She says soaze to finally lift to her eyes, and he replies with so with the tension I’lass to David “If you’ll excuse me for a moment ”

I start walking toward Mac because I don’t like what’s going down I’m not five feet from her when she stands up froh rab her breast Fury at hi her and fury at myself that I’m not there yet to stop him

Mac knocks his hand away, and he reaches back for her I’m two feet fro him

But then I’ him away from Mac with such force, he crashes into an empty table, slides over the top of it, and tumbles to the floor on the opposite side I don’t even wait for hi his trajectory When I round the table, he’s lying on his back, blinking up at roup all just stand around, looking at us with shock over my violent explosion, because they probably weren’t aware of what Brian had just been doing

I pull him up by the lapels of his jacket and haul hie when I say, “It will do ood to beat your ass or tell you how reprehensible your conduct is, because you won’t re Rest assured… I’ll be by your hotel roo, and then I’ll decide which part of et ”

Brian blinks atbecause he’s too shit-faced

Disgusted, I push hi backward Luckily, two of the lawyers in our group catch hilance but turn to leave the bar

Stalking past Mac, I don’t even look at her I just growl, “Let’s go ”

In the elevator, I a, andis shalloanted to punch Brian so badly, but co down aton so I shove theainst the wall and close my eyes

“I’m sorry,” Mac says softly

My eyes snap open in surprise and pin her in place “For what?”

“I don’t know,” she says in a sht you were pissed at me ”

“Mac… you have nothing to be sorry for That pig was drunk and inappropriate with you He’s lucky I didn’t kill him ”

“Well, that’s a little overboard,” she says with a laugh “I’ it was ”