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Simple. Because Valerie only fucked Roberto, whom she apparently met at some dive bar, because she’d figured out her husband was banging one of his interns.
Needless to say, the extremely messy divorce is already underway, and this is Valerie’s little “fuck you” to her soon-to-be ex.
“Valerie Siff is coached and ready for the stand. We’re scheduled for three weeks from now.”
“Do it this week.”
I frown at Charles. “Excuse me?”
“Reach out to Judge Hawkins and request this week instead.”
Taylor rubs her temples. “Mr. Black, that’s…really not how any of this works.”
He sneers at her. “Trust me, sweetheart.”
I wince. Taylor fucking hates being called that, especially by scummy old assholes like Charles.
“I have it on good authority that one of her cases this week has been rescheduled and there’s an opening Thursday in her courtroom. Make it ours.”
He turns to wrap an arm around Caroline’s surgically edited waist before leveling a hard look at us.
“Make it happen, or I’ll make good on my threat of using the board to remove you. Sweetheart over here can stay, but you two ungrateful pricks will be looking for new jobs. Am I clear?”
No one responds. Charles smiles.
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
After he and Caroline leave, Taylor, Gabriel and I exhale slowly.
“Is it just me, or is he getting worse?” Taylor mutters.
“Maybe it’s something terminal,” I shrug.
“We can hope,” Gabriel mutters. “Fuck,” he swears.
I shake my head. “Relax. He’s not going to kick us out of the firm. He’d have done that already if he wanted to. No, he wants us here, but he wants us living under his threats.”
Gabriel frowns. “You mean he wants to control us?”
“Exactly.”
“How is that better?”
“Working on that,” I mutter.
“What do we think about this new court date thing?” Gabriel sighs after a pause.
“As much as I hate to say it,” I shake my head again, “I think we need to consider it. Not because that asshole’s demanding it. But who the fuck knows what’s going to happen next week when Valerie and her husband head to divorce court? If she backs out or decides to take him back…”
Taylor nods. “Yeah, I wondered about that, too.”
“Shit.” Gabriel scowls as he glances at his Rolex. “Fine, I’ll reach out to Judge Hawkins’ office.”
“Keep us posted,” I mutter as he walks out.
When he’s gone, I suck on my teeth and then glance at Taylor.
“Sooo…”
