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Chapters (68)
  1. Partner Pursuit
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Re: Whitaker retirement party
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Friday, New York City
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-One
  36. Chapter Thirty-Two
  37. Chapter Thirty-Three
  38. Chapter Thirty-Four
  39. Chapter Thirty-Five
  40. Chapter Thirty-Six
  41. Subject: Deposition of Plaintiff in James case
  42. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  44. Subject: Mentors Found
  45. Chapter Forty-One
  46. Chapter Forty-Two
  47. Chapter Forty-Three
  48. Chapter Forty-Four
  49. Jake: While you’re stuck at work, think about this: I thought you might want to do a yoga session while I’m surfing in Santa Teresa. Should I book?
  50. Chapter Forty-Six
  51. Chapter Forty-Seven
  52. Chapter Forty-Eight
  53. Chapter Forty-Nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Chapter Fifty-One
  56. Chapter Fifty-Two
  57. Chapter Fifty-Three
  58. Chapter Fifty-Four
  59. Chapter Fifty-Five
  60. Chapter Fifty-Six
  61. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  62. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  63. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  64. Chapter Sixty
  65. Chapter Sixty-One
  66. About the Author
  67. Acknowledgements
  68. On any top-ten list of best Sunday plans, today’s brunch with my former crush and his new girlfriend would rank number eleven … hundred. Times five. But I couldn’t say no. We’re still friends.

Audrey microwaved some turkey meatballs for her Thanksgiving Day dinner and re-read Winnie’s email from Tuesday:

To: Audrey Willems; Colette Caron

From: Winnie Chu

Date: November 23

Re: Global Capital business development

Just ran into Michael. He told the business development committee about our bringing in Global Capital as a client and they’re thrilled—and very impressed. They apparently tried to get Global Capital as a client before—with no luck. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!

That was good news. Separately, Winnie had invited her to join her and her family in Queens for Thanksgiving, if she wanted to take a break from prepping for her trial. Audrey had declined that invite, just as she had said no to Jake’s invite to meet his family and have Thanksgiving with them. She needed to continue preparing for her trial starting on Monday. Jake had understood why she had said no. He’d offered to bring her back a doggy bag of turkey and other fixings. She’d requested apple pie. He said he’d text her a picture of all the desserts and she could choose what she wanted. She was expecting him to say something about his Dad missing Thanksgiving last year, but he’d just looked sad. He said he was looking forward to her meeting his family when her trial was over.

She’d also been nervous about meeting his parents, even though she liked his sister. He was really close with his mom. He’d said his mom hadn’t liked Veronika and he regretted ignoring that red flag. And his mom had borne the brunt of a relationship with a workaholic lawyer.

Her doorbell rang. She answered the intercom, and it was a food delivery guy. She wasn’t expecting any food.

The man said, “Your mom ordered you a Thanksgiving dinner.”

Audrey went downstairs to accept the bag. Back upstairs, she opened the package to find all her favorite Thanksgiving foods. She pushed aside her papers on the table and called her mom.

Her mom picked up on the first ring. “Happy Thanksgiving!”

“Thanks, Mom. This is so sweet of you.”

“I felt bad that you weren’t having a Thanksgiving dinner.”

“Jake is going to bring me a doggy bag,” Audrey said.

“Oh, that’s nice of him. And I’m impressed that he’s so supportive when you’re so busy working. At least there’s only a few more weeks until the decision.”