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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.

From: Audrey Willems

Date: Tuesday, August 24

Re: Whitaker retirement party

I called HR and they’re not planning a party for Whitaker(!), so I volunteered to organize it. They gave me a budget and the names of the various vendors. I just need to fill out a sheet for the cafeteria to cater it and order flowers. How’s Texas?

To: Audrey Willems

From: Winnie Chu

Date: Tuesday, August 24

Re: Texas

Isn’t that too much to add to your plate? Texas is hot. But all I do is go from the hotel to the office, review documents, and go back. Hotel food is good. Only four more days until I’m back home Friday.

To: Winnie Chu

From: Audrey Willems

Date: Tuesday, August 24

Re: Texas

I couldn’t NOT do it. He’s often grumpy and very demanding, but he takes the time to mentor young associates. I vividly remember his welcoming speech about how we’re all thoroughbreds and they want to train us to be the best possible lawyers. I need to do the invite list too. It will be fine. (I know, I know, I keep telling myself that.) That’s all there is to it. And finding some people to give nice speeches about him (in addition to me). Do you have any good stories?

As she clicked send, Malaburn knocked on her door. It was like being haunted by a ghost. The ghost of her past failures.

He marched in and said, “We won the pitch. The client just called me. Let’s meet this afternoon in my office.”

Her stomach sank. He knew the rules about going through the assignment partner, and he wasn’t following them. She had to be more forceful.

“That’s great news that you won, but I can’t meet this afternoon. I have meetings already on my other cases. As I mentioned before, I don’t have the time to give this case the attention it deserves. I have to talk to the assignment partner first. My other two cases are really busy right now.”

“I extolled your research abilities to the client,” he said. “We need you specifically. I’ll talk to the assignment partner. How about tomorrow? Does 11 a.m. work for you?”

So, he presumed the assignment partner would support him. On the plus side, she seemed to be back in his good graces. But she’d like to stay there, which was why she didn’t want to work on this case when she couldn’t do her best because of her current workload. But she was loath to tell the assignment partner she couldn’t handle more. She was damned either way. He was standing there, waiting, staring at her, his eyes narrowed.

She said yes to 11 a.m. Malaburn whipped around and left.

She sighed, rubbing her forehead to ease the tension headache gathering there.

To: Audrey Willems

From: Winnie Chu

Date: Tuesday, August 24

Re: Horror Stories, yes