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“Averie, please.”
“Averie, you handled yourself well. Thanks for joining the team,” he smiled.
His dimpled smile and beautiful teeth have probably coaxed off hundreds of pairs of panties.
“Thank you and thanks for recommending me. I believe this case will be hard, but I think we can win it.”
“After we got our asses handed to us the other day, we can’t do anything but come up,” he laughed.
“Yeah, I heard about that. I did a short stint with the DA’s office and got very familiar with their tactics. Piling the charges is something they save for the big cases to get someone to flip. You would be surprised at how often it works.”
“They probably won’t be happy to see you in the second chair.”
“Barry Leathen is going to turn so red,” I chuckled. “Watch.”
We both laughed.
“Ms. Patterson,” Mr. Valentine entered the room. “Can I have a moment of your time?”
“Yes,” I said while looking at my watch. I smiled at Xavier, and he flashed those dimples before he left the room.
“The meeting went well,” Mr. Valentine said after the door closed behind Xavier.
“It did. I have some more thoughts after listening to Princeton’s story, but I will have to ponder them before I present them.”
“That’s your process?”
“When I am trying to keep people out of jail, yes.”
“This case will take a lot of man-hours and copious amounts of your time. Are you sure you can handle this and run your law firm?”
I planned on looking him directly in the eyes when I replied to his question but, something about his eyes disarms me. I needed all my armor for my answer, so I pretended to organize the papers I was putting back in my bag.
“If I were a male, would you have asked me the same question, Mr. Valentine?”
“If you were male, Ms. Patterson, I wouldn’t have asked you to be on the team.”
“Sounds like you are bluffing trying to formulate a politically correct answer.”
“I’m sure all the pc went out the window when you told me to eat crap and choke on the corn hulls,” he chuckled.
“I didn’t tell you to do that. I said it would have been my response,” I explained. “You can answer my question anytime you’re ready.”
“I was raised by my mother and my sister. They are the two people I respect most in life. I’ve seen them handle multiple tasks at the same time and finish each one successfully. No, Ms. Patterson, I didn’t ask the question because you are a female. I asked the question because you are a manager of a busy law firm, much like me, and I know how it feels to be pulled away.”
“Well, thank you for your concern. My colleagues are handling the business at the firm.”
“You didn’t have any pending cases?”
“Actually, I cleared my schedule to work on my charity event. It’s important to me to give it my full attention. Your case just happened to come up at the right time. You’re welcome.”
He chuckled.
“Tell me about your charity event.”
“I host an event every year at the end of February. My foundation organizes a dinner and household supply giveaway on the North Side. It’s called ‘We Love the Community.’”
“‘We Love the Community’ is your foundation?”
