He texted Xavier during lunch and later when he told him he was leaving. Luckily, he could account fifty hours of work outside the office including travel time. His review of the Wurst file took eight hours today. He wasn’t in a rush to absorb it. In fact most of his day was spent flipping over the papers over and over in the side office next to Luke Samuels’ and replaying what Luke told about his job’s details.
Cash transactions, especially in the law, were not uncommon. But cash transactions usually involved having the client pay the attorney directly; usually it was from their savings, cashing out pension plans, liquidating bonds, or stocks. A third party, corporate client providing cash? That sent off bells and whistles for him. There was a small chance it was legitimate. The cash cou
