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“And among the best. You’re just pissed you can’t control me.” She stuck up her middle finger at Uther as the employees of Uther and Pendragon and Associates stood by and gasped. This was turning into quite the brouhaha, but it was too late to stop it. “Don’t turn on her, Dad,” Arthur said. “This is between you and me.” Uther’s bemused, wide-eyed stare narrowed. “You can’t leave after all I’ve given you. I gave you everything! Every advantage! How dare you walk out on me.” “I’m not walking out on you. I’m walking out on this job. You can be my father, but I can’t be part of this greedy ‘dynasty.’” “This is all because of that lowlife waitress you used to date.” Uther shook his finger in Arthur’s face as the crowd continued to gape in …show more content…

He didn’t need any of his other crap, and it felt so damn freeing. He walked toward the elevators, flanked by Elena and Morgana, as his colleagues watched from the conference room with a mixture of horror, respect, and fascination, and. “I’m damn proud of you, little bro,” Morgana said, pressing the elevator call button. “So am I,” Elena added. “Uther’s a dick. I’m leaving, too. Except I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do now. I guess my bonus will carry me through the next six months or so…” “You’ll work with me at Legal Aid,” Arthur said, as if it was a forgone conclusion. “They’re always desperate for lawyers and paralegals. I get recruitment emails from them every single week.” When Arthur was fresh out of law school, he floated the idea by his father of taking a couple of years to work for Legal Aid. Uther reddened and said, “‘That’s where talentless fools work! People who graduated from two-bit law schools, not for a man like you, Arthur. No one makes real money there!’” Arthur dismissed that memory; he didn’t believe his father’s words, anyway. Elena smiled. “Legal Aid? Cool. Though I wish I didn’t have to keep the bonus from this case. I feel kind of guilty about it.” “There’s nothing to feel guilty about,” Arthur assured her. “You earned it.” The doors to the elevators popped open, and there stood two of the firm’s security

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