This is not good.
Like a tiger in the wild noticing your limp, he’ll see it as weakness and lean into it.The problem is, it’s not this case I’m worried about.I’m about to slam dunk this asshole.
I cough into my fist, take a long sip of water, and glance around the table.
“Right.So, we’re all here.”Jesus, state the obvious, why don’t you.“Mr.Vanguard.Mr.Blackmore.”I greet them.
“Are you feeling well?”Warren asks, a hint of amusement in his tone.
“Strong as an ox, confident as the leading attorney in the city.You?”I ask, shooting a wink at Jason and Sean.
I’m back.
Both of my team members smirk, knowing we’re playing a game here.
Warren sighs.“Confident people don’t need to wear their little medals on their chest every day, Sterling.Grow up.”
I snort.
“Well, when you get one, let me know.”I grin.
“Can we please move on?”Adam Blackmore interrupts, shooting his wife a dark look.
Courtney seems to curl in on herself, and the memory of those photos, of the bruises on her face, returns full speed in my mind, canceling (for the moment) my animosity toward her.
After all, she mightnotbe pregnant.
I’m not happy with how he is making her feel, and while she explained, I still don’t understand why she didn’t file a police report.
She’s right, it would have leaked and then her divorce would have been a lot messier.In saying that, Adam is already playing dirty, so I can only imagine what their marriage was like.
Courtney simply wants her fifty percent.
After seeing her photos, I want to take him to the cleaner’s.
No matter what her pregnancy status is, I am her attorney, and it’s time to do my damn job.
“My client has instructed me to be clear today; she is asking for the full fifty percent entitled to her under New York State law,” I read out.“And that the claims made against her by your client, both privately and in the public, are baseless.”
“Mr.Blackmore is not willing to accept that he should surrender fifty percent of the marital estate.”Vanguard rebuts.“Under the circumstances.”
What fucking circumstances?The one where he kicked her while she was curled up in a ball on the ground?
I roll up my sleeves...further.
“He maintains that your client’s infidelity and the misappropriation of funds alter the equitable distribution.While we are prepared to negotiate in good faith, my client will not agree to an equal split.”
I expected this, in all honesty.
I let Junior get it all out.
“He believes any division must account for her clear dissipation of assets and breach of marital trust,” Vanguard continues while Courtney clenches her fingers together.
I want to reach out and calm her.
Fortunately, I do something right and keep my hands to myself.
At least today I do.
