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Her head was spinning. “None of them have anything in common,” she said.
“Well, if you knew Cal, you’d realize they kind of do.”
“How so?” she asked.
“The liquor store was his first job. His father knew the owner and the guy was down on his luck and sick. Cal bought it to help him out. The same with the other liquor store a few years later. The rental properties just started as his first house was a two-family one. The restaurant, they bought their liquor from him, so he knew the guy.”
“Let me guess, helping him out?”
Brian grinned. “Could be. You’d have to get that information from Cal. I think most of his ventures end up from people that just know him through the liquor store or his father. His mother too. He doesn’t make crazy investments. He doesn’t throw his money away. Everything he touches is successful.”
“Even if it wasn’t when he bought it?” she asked.
Brian shrugged. “Cal knows a lot of people. He inspires loyalty in them too. He has connections and maybe those connections help all those businesses, but he works his ass off too.”
“Good for him,” she said. “Yeah, that is a feel good story. And the kind of clients I love to be around.”
It was exactly what she was hoping for with this change.
That and to find someone in her personal life.
She couldn’t help but notice how good looking Cal was, but for all she knew he was married.
“Cal is fun to be around. He treats everyone fairly. His employees all love him. You don’t hear too many negative things about him.”
“There is always something negative,” she said. “No one is perfect.”
“God, no,” Brian said. “I’m sure there are some out there that are jealous. That’s life. But the truth is, Cal is just one of those people that puts others first. A true good guy.”
“Kind of like you,” she said. Which was part of the reason she took this job.
“It’d be a compliment to say that.”
“Then take it as such,” she said. “I’ll let you get to work and I’m going to get some lunch at my desk.”
Mia stood up and grabbed her briefcase. The last thing she wanted to do was stay in her boss’s office gabbing. She wasn’t used to doing that even if Brian always started conversations.
He didn’t pay her to sit around and talk. He paid her to bring the money in to pay for her salary.
She had a big caseload with all billable hours. That was how she was used to working.
But last week, Brian gave her a case to look over. A vehicle accident. She didn’t want to take something that was frivolous. It wasn’t who she was.
It didn’t appear that way though. A car dealership returned a vehicle to a client with a tire not fastened properly. Driving home on the highway, her client lost control of the car when the tire came off, and flipped trying to keep the car from hitting other vehicles.
Gabby Miller suffered multiple broken bones, a collapsed lung and concussion.
Gabby’s medical bills were climbing and she’d been out of work for months with little income. Her client just wanted enough to cover the medical bills and her living expenses. She wanted to go back to work and move on. Not ruin anyone’s life.
Seemed fair to her.
She’d be presenting the case soon and hopefully they could get some settlement without dragging it out. She’d get her portion on that settlement.
Mia took a cut in pay to come here because she knew the potential for more was there. This would be the first she’d experience it.
She might not be as successful as her siblings. She tried not to compare and keep up, but it was hard as the baby of the family.
At this point in her life, she just wanted to be happy.
