““Listen, Maggie and I are going to grab a quick bite to eat. Want to join us?” I hesitated. “Come on,” Julie pressed. “It’s going to be the closest thing we’ve had to a firm meeting since we started thirty days ago.” I hadn’t realized it had been a month since I first sat down in this chair and turned on my computer. “I know,” Julie responded, reading my expression. “It seems like a year to me. One month down, four hundred and seventy-nine months to go.” “Four hundred and seventy-nine?” “Assumi...ng we practice law for forty years. Now that you’re going to devote yourself totally to your work, you need to be planning for the long term.” “That’s not what I meant yesterday.” “It’s what will happen.” Maggie joined Julie at the door. “Unless you’re too busy, I’d like you to go with us to lunch.” “I’d like that,” I answered. “You make me deliver a three-minute oral argument in favor of going to lunch without getting a commitment,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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