- 9.
As I was packing, nobody dared ask what was going on.
Nick brought me in, so everyone saw me as his protégé.
His strictness towards me was seen as normal.
When I made so much noise in his office, nobody dared ask what happened.
Only Chad was bent over his keyboard,
pretending to work.
uzzing in my pocket, I
didn’t need to look to know Chad was losing
his shit.
I left the firm with my things.
I didn’t go home. That place wasn’t home anymore.
I found a hotel and crashed for the night.
Then I checked Chad’s messages.
He stopped asking what happened between Nick and me and started asking if I needed help.
Nick was pretty famous in the legal world.
Since I was on the outs with Nick, nobody
wanted to risk hiring me.
Chad said he could ask his old professors if
they could help me find a new job.
It was a big ask.
But I turned him down.
I was already planning to leave the city. Nick’s reach couldn’t extend everywhere.
