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Chapter 3 The Fair

Word Count: 2275    |    Released on: 26/04/2023

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iven me in my pocket, and then turned to th

ante Personnel, I’m supposed to have

oman

ted me. “You’re first here so you should be able to go j

r and made m

rn around almost

kles all over his face. But that wasn’t what threw me off. The stare he gav

do this interview. I had

air in front of a desk. “Please, make

tion. I sat down against my better judgement. Immediately, he came over

f to be polite. “Thank

ightly on the armrest that was closest to me. “

h I was finding his presence a

w dedicated are you to getting the job? And once

. It was such an open-ended question, there w

d him. “I don’t th

turned l

d just above my knee, not actual

up imm

yelled at him, the mean

is entire deme

t anything that happened during the interviewing process unless it was specifically

’t let him think he eve

u’re offering less than half of what all your competitors are, yo

the room. I made my way over to the bathroom, let myself into one of t

e the man at the door had been wrong.

a deep

ver the hardest part. I had gotten in the door.

re are assholes everywhere. And y

est lightly, and I could feel the card poking a

o mess up the entire opportunity for me. I needed this, and I

the stall. I washed my hands and

ight to the stall right next t

s a blonde woma

mall smile on my fac

told me. “Do we have an in

faltered

nything,” I told her. “Do you h

ing walk-ins as well. This is a fair for some of the b

d a sigh

gh the ringer,” she told me, I probably h

with Dante Personnel

lled a

in the booth next to me? Don’t

ed in

wanted to leave immediately, but I got this card right before

the card, and

ed. “How did you manage to find

tle. I had thought that

dn’t get creepy vibes from

father. Or so I heard. Pushed him right out of the company when he was low. And obliterated the competition. He used the full for

m the man that had given me the card. Could it be possible th

it to her. Though working for a man like that w

es to this event on his own, he always has. He has an eye

it was the same man. I was d

another opening by the time you’re done with law school. Here,” she handed me a card from under the table. “Take this, a

. But I tried not to let anything distract me too much. There were so many other interviews

ttorneys. I still didn’t know his name. I caught his eye, and then g

was

oked up again

CC Attorneys, but nothing more than that. I was

about him as I went. I wondered if his reputation was only Andy’s opinion. But the more people

best lawyer for all the wrong reasons. I was on the verge of deciding that it

erviews and I was beginning to doubt if I

speaker to find our seats in the auditoriu

re talk. Then, after it was done, I could leave. Just give this

side and discovered that it was filling up quickly, with a buzz in the air that wa

The room filled up, the doors closed, and the lig

pen as I saw the man th

Or, at least I am head of it. We are a large firm, but I like to say we are a family run business. My great-grandfather started the firm, and

hat some people were even holding their breath

t him today, the good and the bad, e

is fair is for those that are about to begin their journey in law. And like I said to one very brave and bri

le. Could he be

And he listed his achievements to date, and the opposition

ol on a scholarship. I earned my grades and I did community service. I paid for my own food and living with whatever j

o would have thought that Cayden Co

ain. “Come to me. I am offering a personal invit

new that I couldn’t wait. Law scho

him, there was something that I could learn from him. Skills th

o work for him now. It was crucial to my

led the number on the c

ulations, you are the first person to call this number immediately. You

not so ready for this aft

female voic

esday works

e typing. “Tuesday

e Kinkaid.” My words

at 11am Miss Kinkaid.” She cut the call and I

an apprentice or a researcher, then I will show them I am the right person for this job. I will show my father I don

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Contents

Chapter 1 A Decision Chapter 2 Chicago Chapter 3 The Fair Chapter 4 The Interview Chapter 5 The Man Himself Chapter 6 The Job Offer Chapter 7 Preparing for the Job
Chapter 8 Secrets
Chapter 9 A Special Task
Chapter 10 Pizza in a Chicago Law Firm
Chapter 11 Suspicions of Jealousy
Chapter 12 Repercussions
Chapter 13 Taken Off the Project
Chapter 14 Take the Day
Chapter 15 Grey Hair
Chapter 16 Who Wouldn’t Be Jealous
Chapter 17 Foreign Officials Quiz
Chapter 18 Two Kinds of Interviews
Chapter 19 Moving Boxes
Chapter 20 The Company Party
Chapter 21 A Mistake in the Making
Chapter 22 Lost Focus
Chapter 23 Clearing Everything
Chapter 24 Homeward Bound
Chapter 25 An Investigation
Chapter 26 Discoveries
Chapter 27 The Lunch Meeting
Chapter 28 A Dinner Interrogation
Chapter 29 A Dark History Explained
Chapter 30 Revelations
Chapter 31 Coffee and Staying the Night
Chapter 32 Introductions
Chapter 33 Board Meeting
Chapter 34 Aftershocks
Chapter 35 Understood
Chapter 36 Can I Trust Him
Chapter 37 The Conspiracy
Chapter 38 Fatherly Affection
Chapter 39 More Secret Notes
Chapter 40 Elizabeth Colbert
Chapter 41 The Voice
Chapter 42 Taken
Chapter 43 The Lead
Chapter 44 Secret Penthouse
Chapter 45 The Shipyard
Chapter 46 Colbert Versus Kinkaid
Chapter 47 Awaiting Verdicts
Chapter 48 Victor’s Justice
Chapter 49 Collapsed
Chapter 50 Acceptance Rejection
Chapter 51 A Fresh Start
Chapter 52 Not What We Expected
Chapter 53 Celebration
Chapter 54 My Allies
Chapter 55 Winter Comes
Chapter 56 Purgatory
Chapter 57 Legacy
Chapter 58 Deal or No Deal
Chapter 59 Partners
Chapter 60 A Weekend Away
Chapter 61 A Father's Rebuke
Chapter 62 Standoff with Stella
Chapter 63 Not How we Planned
Chapter 64 My Dinner With Winter
Chapter 65 Son of WInter
Chapter 66 Family History
Chapter 67 Fire for Dessert
Chapter 68 A Chat with Victor
Chapter 69 Extra Help
Chapter 70 Interview
Chapter 71 Reunion
Chapter 72 I Failed
Chapter 73 Enough is Enough
Chapter 74 Medicine
Chapter 75 Getting In
Chapter 76 Finding Out
Chapter 77 The Insider
Chapter 78 Gavin's Counsel
Chapter 79 List of Traitors
Chapter 80 A Mother's Request
Chapter 81 PR Problem
Chapter 82 I Need to Protect My Family
Chapter 83 The Plan Ahead
Chapter 84 This Is What You Wanted
Chapter 85 Targets
Chapter 86 Dinner with Emily
Chapter 87 Taking Off Some Heat
Chapter 88 You Have to Make This Right
Chapter 89 The Merger
Chapter 90 Dreams Come True
Chapter 91 Hades
Chapter 92 The Monster in Me
Chapter 93 Phone Call with the Devil
Chapter 94 Survival
Chapter 95 Recuperation
Chapter 96 The Mending of Bonds
Chapter 97 The Fraudulent and Foolish
Chapter 98 Confessions
Chapter 99 Winter's Trial
Chapter 100 The Engagement
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