Chapter 9: The solution

Scott entered his office after knocking, but without getting an answer he entered.

Leo was so distressed he was distracted.

Scott - Wow Leo, did a tornado hit here? - He asked, looking around, he wanted to sit down but everywhere had documents.

Leo - Sorry Scott, but this is very complicated.

Scott - I see that - he says smiling - well, but I think I found the solution to your problem.

Leo stops what he was doing and sits down, visibly exhausted.

Leo - Please give me good news, Scott.

Scott - Do you remember Dr. Douglas?

Leo thinks for a while trying to remember where he had heard that name before.

Leo - Yes I know, Dr. Isn't Douglas the one who was considered the best lawyer in the country?

Scott - From the country and Europe, he lived for many years in Austria, and it was there that he received the first prize for best lawyer, he is relentless, and in his long career you can count on the fingers of one hand how many cases he lost.

His fees make ours seem like a joke, that's just how you see it.

Leo was amazed, he knew the story but he was always perplexed every time he heard it.

Scott continued.

Scott-He came here ten years ago, and his reputation has only grown and he has won several awards for his work, besides being a lawyer he was also a law professor there in Austria. But as you know he is already 63 years old and very few know it, but he had a spinal operation last week.

Leo - Really? But it's ok?

Scott - He's still hospitalized, but it's a long recovery, it was a delicate operation.

Leo - I hope he recovers - he looks at his suspicious friend - but wait a minute, why are you telling me all this now?

Scott - Well, for you to understand I'm going to tell you a little story here. The Doctor. Douglas, was a friend of my father's, went to school together and went to university together, but Dr. Douglas, when he finished university, went to Austria, because he had family there and he already had a job waiting for him there. Right from the beginning, his career as a lawyer leveraged for success, but he also started teaching at a boarding school, and it was there that 20 years later, he started teaching a girl who arrived young, she was about 17 years old, but he saw a lot of potential in her right from the start, she was smart and even though she was almost at the end of the semester, she passed with distinction and on the honor roll.

Five years passed and they became very good friends and she started working for him as his personal secretary, he helped her a lot. Well, I don't know many more details. What I do know is that, as you can imagine, she is an excellent professional, so much so that with each award he receives, he says that he could not have achieved it without the precious help of his secretary and that he would leave his position to her without batting an eye because he knows she would. a job just like his, since she is also a lawyer but doesn't want to do it right now.

Leo - So why, instead of being a secretary, she doesn't become a lawyer?

Scott - Because she doesn't want to, at least for now, she's a very reserved person, so much so that not much is known about her because she doesn't want recognition.

Leo - I know. And what do you want to tell me anyway? - she asks smiling, already anticipating what he was going to say with all that conversation.

Scott - Because now that Dr. Douglas won't be needing a secretary anytime soon, I asked him to do me the favor of dispensing with his secretary for you, at least until he's fully recovered.

Leo's eyes widened.

Leo - But that would be excellent, because if she has been working for the excellent Dr. Douglas, she must really be a full-fledged professional.

Scott - And it really is, the best. I even think it's very badly used for you, but anyway - he says laughing.

Leo - So, when can she come?

Scott - Calm down big boy, Dr Douglas told me to talk to her first, if she accepted it would be great. But since I'm a good friend, I managed to convince her. She said my partner was tight without a secretary and she agreed, but only until Dr. Douglas comes back, after that she will go back to his place.

Leo - Okay, okay.

Scott - Well, she's coming tomorrow to talk to you to start working, see if you're not a latecomer, she's a gem that comes to break your business and is halfway around the world wanting her services, either as a secretary or a lawyer for that see there huh!

Leo - I will treat her like a queen, she will save my life. What is her name again?

Scott - Judith Elliott. And I warn you right now, she's beautiful as fuck.

Nervous

Narrated by Leo

After the conversation with Scott, I even got another mood to work. I tried to clean up my office, what the hell of a lawyer would she think I am, with a room in that state?

Of course, it didn't turn out to be a lot of shit, organization was never my strong point, but she doesn't think I'm a real disorganized person. Tomorrow is Wednesday and luckily this week is calm, I can help you settle in.

Next week will be more complicated, I have hearings every day of the week, and I have a week where the hearings are in Philadelphia, and she has to go with me.

I get home around 8:30 pm, take my shower, I even make myself a little dinner lol, watch some TV and go to bed at 10:45 pm, a good time.

I get to bed and I can't fall asleep right away, I turn the bed a few times, I don't know why, but I'm nervous about the arrival of the new secretary, I try to stay calm, after all it won't even be necessary to teach much, since she is one of the best there is , she was taught by the best, she is more than used to working under pressure, so I think it won't be a problem, it's the solution to my problems. I end up falling asleep, but my dreams are quickly filled with nightmares, the karma of my life, the Carters.