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I held back a sigh, deciding to tread carefully. “I would really like to work with someone who can help with cases, someone who—”
“Wait a minute, Miss Tanner,” he interrupted me. “Can you hear that?”
“Hear what?”
“Me asking you to go get my coffee for the second time in a row.”
“Um…no?” I shook my head. “I didn’t hear you repeat that.”
“Exactly.” He held out a cup. “Don’t make me wait too long.”
DISMISSAL (N.)
THE ACT OF VOLUNTARILY TERMINATING A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OR A LAWSUIT OR ONE OF ITS CAUSES OF ACTION BY ONE OF THE PARTIES
DAMIEN
“Michelle?” I called her desk in the morning.
“She’sstillon leave, Mr. Carter,” Jessica answered. “This week is her Jamaica trip, I think. I can check her Instagram account if you want me to.”
“That’s okay. Can you send Miss Tanner into my office, please?”
“She doesn’t work under you anymore.”
“What?”
“Check your email.”
RECUSE (V.)
TO REFUSE TO BE A JUDGE IN A LAWSUIT OR APPEAL BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR OTHER GOOD REASON
ELIZABETH
Subject: My Final Check + Internship Request
Please deposit the funds for all hours worked this week to the new bank account I recently submitted.
Per my attached letter, I would like to be transferred to the intern department and will gladly accept the decrease in pay.
Thank you,
Elizabeth Tanner
P.S. Why don’t you all just invest in an in-house barista for all the coffee you drink?!
P.P.S. You should also start buying Cuban coffee. It’s stronger and it’ll last longer per cup/save interns what’s left of their sanity.
Since I knew it would take Human Resources a while to process my request, I decided to finally unpack some boxes and decorate my brand-new condo.
The first day I actually get to enjoy it.
After opening the floor to ceiling drapes, I hung small ferns on my balcony and unrolled a small rug.
I smoothed a duvet over my mattress and tossed far too many pillows against the headboard.
When I was finished rearranging the living room furniture, I poured a glass of wine and slipped under the suds in the ceramic clawfoot tub. And to properly christen this bathroom with the new television, I turned onLaw & Order: SVU.