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Shortly before graduation Je
“I have a letter from the District Attorney’s office in Manhattan, asking me to recommend my brightest graduate for his staff. Interested?”
New York. “Yes, sir.” Je
She flew to New York to take the bar examination, and returned to Kelso to close her father’s law office. It was a bittersweet experience, filled with memories of the past and it seemed to Je
She got a job as an assistant in the law library of the university to tide her over until she heard whether she had passed the New York bar examination.
“It’s one of the toughest in the country,” Professor Oakes warned her.
But Je
She received her notice that she had passed and an offer from the New York District Attorney’s office on the same day.
One week later, Je
She found a tiny apartment (Spc W/U fpl gd loc nds sm wk, the ad said) on lower Third Avenue, with a fake fireplace in a steep fourth-floor walk-up. The exercise will do me good, Je
That had been the dream. The reality was that she had been in New York less than seventy-two hours, had been thrown off the District Attorney’s staff and was facing disbarment.
Je
For the first time in her life Je
Over and over, as she walked, Je
A man detached himself from the group around Di Silva and hurried toward her. He was carrying a manila envelope.
Miss Parker?
Yes.
The Chief wants you to give this to Stela.
Je
The man panicked and ran.
A man detached himself from the group around Di Silva and hurried toward her. He was carrying a manila envelope.
Miss Parker?
Yes.
The Chief wants you to give this to Stela. He thrust the envelope into her hands.
Je
A man detached himself from the group around Di Silva and hurried toward her. He was carrying a manila envelope. He walked past her to another young assistant district attorney and handed him the envelope. The Chief wants you to give this to Stela.
She could rewrite the scene as many times as she liked, but nothing was changed. One foolish mistake had destroyed her. And yet—who said she was destroyed? The press? Di Silva? She had not heard another word about her disbarment, and until she did she was still an attorney. There are law firms that made me offers, Je
Filled with a new sense of resolve, Je
Je
She began to make the rounds of Manhattan law offices. She would walk in una
At the end of six weeks, Je
When Je
Je
Je
The last two words appealed to Je