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him. That’s why Jamie and Robbie always ride with Brian and besides Johnny, Aubrey always picks up Danny.”
    “I’m going to get Johnny a bodyguard to ride with him and Aubrey. Aubrey is getting on and couldn’t do much if something happened.” Caden thought aloud.
    “Jim drives himself unless there’s ice on the road, then I make him go with Brian. I feel stupid about that, the guy is an ex-Army Ranger and can take better care of himself than I can.” Reed drank some coffee.
    “I let Greg drive himself. He’s a doctor for Christ’s sake. I can’t have him followed like a child.” Cisco finished his coffee.
    The group around the table nodded their heads.
    “Well, all of this is going to have to wait until Friday night. I have a post mortem to do in an hour and it won’t be pretty. Someone’s ass is about to be reported to the state medical board, the AMA, and have his hospital privileges suspended if what I think happened, did happen.”
    “Everyone will be here on Friday?” Reed asked.
    The Doms all nodded their heads.
    “We’re adjourned, then.”
    Bull mumbled, “Shit.”
    § § §
    Thursday Mid-Afternoon, New York City
    From Barney’s, Jake and Davey took a cab to Abercrombie and Fitch on Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Seventh. “Why do you take a cab, when you can take the car? You have it in the garage at the office.”
    “In a word, parking…I can never find a space. I’m thinking of hiring a driver. My friends Caden and Bear each have one and they’re very happy. Then I would only need the car to travel to New Jersey on weekends and where we go, parking isn’t a problem.”
    “Shouldn’t we be back at the office? I’ve only finished one brief.”
    “You finished one brief already this morning?” Jake asked incredulous.
    “It was an easy one. Our case was cut-and-dry, I found at least twenty court decisions to back up our client’s position and five of them were in this federal district,” Davey said matter-of-factly.
    “I was planning on working on the second easy brief this afternoon. Since you said we don’t leave for New Jersey until four on Friday, I can have the somewhat difficult one done by tomorrow afternoon. The other two will take longer because they require much more research. I probably won’t have them back to you before Wednesday of next week.”
    In the middle of Abercrombie and Fitch, Jake pulled Davey into his arms and gave him an exuberant hug. “You’re worth your weight in gold. Any other paralegal would take three weeks to do what you did in less than a day. I’m so glad you tried to pick my pocket.” Jake laughed and threw his arm over Davey’s shoulder.
    At Abercrombie they bought three pair of pre-washed, soft jeans—Davey thought they were a little tight—two pair of Dockers, some casual golf shirts, a few belts, underwear, T-shirts and a raincoat. They stopped at the Adidas store and picked up a new pair of sneakers. Davey was about to say something, then thought of that look and shut his mouth. Jake also slipped in some white T-shirts that were a size too small.
    “Let’s go over to Barnes and Noble on Fifth. We can get your books there and have them delivered.” Davey sighed at the waste since he had perfectly good copies in his apartment. He wanted to get his spices too, but Jake told him they’d buy what he needed at Chelsea Market on Monday when they came back.
    § § §
    Late Thursday Afternoon in New York City
    At four, Jake came to Davey with a sheath of papers in his hand. “This is a three month contract, outlining that I’m responsible for your room, board and upkeep. It specifies that you work for me and that I paid four month’s rent on your apartment.” Davey began to interrupt. Jake held up his hand. “It also specifies that if we don’t work out, you’ll pay me back. Read it and if you agree, we’ll sign it before we leave.”
    Davey handed over the brief he’d just finished printing for the difficult case . “I was lucky.