The first day was one long introduction to the firm in the morning, followed by an afternoon of “Legal Ethics” which could have been boiled down to five minutes instead of three hours. Essentially, it was just ‘don’t betray client confidences.’ Hardly rocket science, but at least I didn’t have to...
So much for soccer being safer than rugby. “This is why I didn’t want him to play,” Shaun said. “He’s not exactly in his element with a round ball.” “You’ve seen him play before?” Maisie asked. “Just in the back garden,” Shau...
The simple ones were always the best. I planned to tell her that Barton wasn’t at the party, so I’d left and gone home. Unfortunately, the lie expanded as I thought it through. I knew Barton or his agent might get in touch with the firm, and admit we had met. That was an e...
The staff room out back was far too hot and stuffy to study in, so I had to come out here with everyone else. Except there was only one seat free, and three guesses who was sitting at that table. Ellie had let me serve George thinking she was doing me a favor. If the job i...
Dad would think it was odd if I didn’t come home and I’m an awful liar. He’d notice something was wrong in seconds.I barely slept that night. I hadn’t been with a lot of men, but in my limited experience, once I started having sex with someone we were able to do it whenever we wanted. That honeym...