![]() ![]() My chest aches as I recall just how upset Daxton was in my office earlier. I think until now it was just too close to your heart, and you didn’t have enough of your own people to love to really take it on.” Like the Lipsons and the Wilsons and Dax and Emme.” I’d rather not make partner and shift gears than keep going in the same direction I am now.” And honestly, Holls, trust law isn’t what I want to do forever. You know, for years I had this goal based on a bet with my dad, but he wouldn’t want me to forfeit the chance to have something real and meaningful just to further my career. “I was going to tell Beverly tomorrow morning that I didn’t want my partnership to be based on Daxton coming to Whitman anyway. “You didn’t even have to think about that.” ![]() “Enough to walk away from an opportunity to be partner?” “It’s not uncommon for people who have experienced similar losses to find comfort in each other.” I put up the ad and vetted those families like the lawyer I now am. Despite my pleas, they insisted we give them up for adoption. ![]() ![]() I was so desperate to keep them I even suggested building them a house in the backyard because both of my parents were allergic. Once I saved an entire litter when a feral mother gave birth under the back deck. If I had more space, I’d probably have ten cats instead of two. “You’re sure you’re not just playing rescuer?” ![]()
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