, you try to organize this real life chaos into a theory or story that calms things down and will resolve the problem in a fair and orderly way . you get all the imformation and try to work the system so your client has the outcome he or she deserves ."
"how do you come up wioth this theory ?"
" you read other legal casres and try to organize the facts so that your clients comes out hero , not the villain , then you try to convince the judge that your version is best version . because the other guy always has a good story . too ."
"you don't try to get the client what they want ?"
"sometimes they don't know . sometimes they are unrealistic . sommetimes the system can't give them what they deserve .all the system can really do is lock people up or transfer money around . it can't bring back a loved one , for instance , and sometimes that's all the client wants , what 's the matter ?" chelsi 's hANDS HAD FALTERED , AND she sighed".
" you make me think of a loved one i lost ," she said .
the chime rang .
"that darn thing ," chelsi said . she gave nina's feet one final squeeze and said ," you take as long as you need to get dressed ." the door shut behind her . the soft new age chords swithched off abruptly , and nina , deposited back into rude reality , blinked open her eyes to a shelf of unguents and towls and strong mountain sun filtering through the pines outside chelsi's window .
she sat up reluctantly and slid off the table . while she dressed . she thought about chelsi . she pulled on her blue silk jacket last and brushed her hair in the mirror above the snk , then consulted her watch . court in thrty minutes .
she opened the door .
in the cubbyhole office . chelsi hung uo yhe phone and said " feeling better ?"
"much better , there'as one thing i wanted to ask you about two minutes ,
"how do you come up wioth this theory ?"
" you read other legal casres and try to organize the facts so that your clients comes out hero , not the villain , then you try to convince the judge that your version is best version . because the other guy always has a good story . too ."
"you don't try to get the client what they want ?"
"sometimes they don't know . sometimes they are unrealistic . sommetimes the system can't give them what they deserve .all the system can really do is lock people up or transfer money around . it can't bring back a loved one , for instance , and sometimes that's all the client wants , what 's the matter ?" chelsi 's hANDS HAD FALTERED , AND she sighed".
" you make me think of a loved one i lost ," she said .
the chime rang .
"that darn thing ," chelsi said . she gave nina's feet one final squeeze and said ," you take as long as you need to get dressed ." the door shut behind her . the soft new age chords swithched off abruptly , and nina , deposited back into rude reality , blinked open her eyes to a shelf of unguents and towls and strong mountain sun filtering through the pines outside chelsi's window .
she sat up reluctantly and slid off the table . while she dressed . she thought about chelsi . she pulled on her blue silk jacket last and brushed her hair in the mirror above the snk , then consulted her watch . court in thrty minutes .
she opened the door .
in the cubbyhole office . chelsi hung uo yhe phone and said " feeling better ?"
"much better , there'as one thing i wanted to ask you about two minutes ,
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