Petty Esquire

A fictional account of the extraordinarily petty, six figure, underbelly of the legal world.

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Monday, July 16, 2007

A NEW PROJECT, A NEW BEGINNING

I felt pretty good when I woke the next morning. I was working with a new agency, going to a new project to a make a new beginning. This time things were going to work my way because I had begged Alexandra to make me the team lead. I told her all about how I had ended up seated in her office from leaving my associate position at a prestigious law firm to losing my fiancee. Of course, I did not tell her that I had cheated and caused my fiance to leave. She didn't need to know that. Instead I told her that my fiance was so wrapped up in her ascent up through the ranks of her accounting firm that she had no time for me. And when I begged her to spend time with me, lavishing her with gifts and tickets to theatre shows and expensive dinners, she still would not prioritize our relationship. My tone was sufficiently sympathetic when I told Alexandra about how I had been taken for granted by my mean old ex-fiancee, making he swoon with empathy for me. She reached across the table and patted my hand, her head tilted, saying "I am so so sorry that happened to you. I would never do something like that to a man." Alexandria's hand felt soft and warm on mine. I lowered my head to show her that I was in the moment with her, feeling comforted by her touching exhibit of empathy. "Thanks for caring Alexandra. It really means a lot to me right now." "You'll get through this Hank. I can tell that you're a tough guy and you'll get through this. I'll try to look out for you as much as I can. And call me Alex," she added as an after thought. "Bingo!" I thought. It was just what I needed. Someone on the inside "looking out for me."

Getting back to the business at hand she said, "tomorrow morning, meet me at the front of the firm and I'll escort you upstairs to the area where you'll be working. You're an addition to an on-going project. Don't tell anyone that this is only your second project because they'll wonder why you've been made Team Lead. I assured her that I would be discreet and we said our good byes.

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