“This is really nice,” Bec said, finally finding her voice. “Can I pay you guys for them? I have an office budget.”
“Absolutely not!” Jake said.
“Everyone pitched in,” Sam said.
“Do you want us to shift the files?” Noah asked.
“No we shouldn’t,” Sam said. “There might be, like, secret stuff in there.”
Bec chuckled. “Yeah, it's full of client files so I should do it.” She stood tall and bellowed out to everyone. “These are amazing gifts! Thank you everyone!”
There were some general cheers and then they went back to eating, drinking, and chatting.
“When do you think Jim is going to come back?” Maddy asked after making her way to stand next to Bec, Mikey right with her.
“He's planning to start coming in two days a week soon,” Bec said. “If he works too long he gets migraines. I've been learning so much these last few months. He calls and talks me through stuff.”
“We’re learning too,” Danzig said.
“It's fun,” I said. “Different from anything we've done so far.”
Bec tucked herself between us. “I couldn't do this without both of you.”
I wrapped an arm around her, feeling complete with her touching me.
“Are you still going to take the bar exam?” Maddy asked.
“Yes, but I'm not going to stress about it,” Bec said. “I feel like there could be a lot of work for an investigative lawyer.”
Mikey went from looking interested to absolutely fascinated. “If that happens, I'm going to need you to start writing a mystery series.”
“Bec?”
We all turned to see Beatrix and Titan making their way through the crowd.
“We need to talk to you,” Titan said. He looked anxious, and I could feel that we were all worried for them.
“Everyone needs to clear out of the inner office,” Mikey shouted. “Titan and Beatrix need to talk to Bec.”
No one complained and soon Jim's office was empty and there was a clear path for us to all move in there.
It was tight, but Titan and Beatrix squeezed against a wall while Danzig and I all filed in after Bec. She closed the door and leaned against it.
“They can probably hear everything anyway,” Bec muttered.
“They'll be polite,” Titan said. “No one will listen to us.”
“Okay,” Bec said and gave him an encouraging smile. “What do you need to talk to us about?”
“It's me,” Beatrix said. “I just found out I have a sister, and I need you to find her.”
An ecstatic smile stretched across Bec’s face. I felt excitement coming from her and Danzig. We were all thrilled to have our first official case together as the new business of Masel and Stanhope.
“We can help,” Bec said. “Tell us everything you know.”
Epilogue
Victor
