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I cringe and pull nal for the waiter, who starts over toward us I’ne because the sooner its drunk, the sooner I can leave and be done with Lorraine Cus Granted, she’ll be around for another thirty days, but we can suffer with it since it’s a permanent fix

Pulling out my phone, I check the time 8:30 PM

I wonder what Mac is doing right now Is she thinking aboutabout me?

One can only hope

None of that h We are done, and it’s back to business as usual starting tomorrow

For the first ti time, I actually feel sad

Chapter 12

I hang up my phone and mentally check off my list to find a date for the Patron’s Gala for the New York State Bar Association next week I hate these functions, but they are a necessity Much of my business comes from personal referrals from other attorneys, so it’s necessary for me to rub elboith them

I’ my friend, Melody Chambers She’s a partner over at Weinsten Fannerty, a very successful criether at a little boutique civil rights firraduated law school It was only for a few months before she moved on, but we stayed in contact and became friends We became better friends after my divorce

Not in a sexual way Rather, Melody’s husband, Richard, is an advertising executive and he travels a lot internationally I’ve filled in as escort for her on occasion, and she’s done the sa to these functions It works out nicely, and we get along well She planned to go to this party anyway, so we’ll basically share a limo and I’ll have so

Glancing at my watch, I see it’s al for help on the Jackson case I’m not sure what it says about ot handed a note fro of adrenaline went through me and maybe I secretly hoped when I opened it that she would be asking to see ht

Alas, it was short and to the point, asking for help on that case

Still rocking the schoolboy complex, I immediately responded back to her that she could come discuss it with me any time I sort of expected her to come immediately to my office, but I waited

And waited

And waited

I didn’t go out to lunch, in case she decided to come see me on her lunch hour

But still I waited

Finally, I gave up and spent the real research on an adot… for a while… about Mac