Mommy Tracked by Whitney Gaskell

Author:Whitney Gaskell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780553904277
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2007-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

IN MTG, MAY B LT.

And then she picked up her yellow legal pad and dutifully trooped down the hall to the conference room.

“Richard, what’s the status on your motion for summary judgment?” Alex asked.

Alex was sitting at the head of the big mahogany conference table as he met with his associates. Juliet sat to his left, Richard to his right, and the third associate, Neil Upson, sat next to Richard.

“The MSJ is done and ready for your John Hancock, Alex,” Richard said. A smug smile stretched across his doughy face.

Juliet had long suspected that Richard was a graduate of one of those make-friends-and-influence-people courses. He always made a point of making eye contact and using your name when he spoke to you. This didn’t make him more likable. If anything, it was creepy to be stared down while having your name repeated over and over. In fact, whenever Juliet ended up in a conversation with Richard—something she tried to avoid—she always felt like he was trying to convert her. To what, she didn’t know. Maybe he belonged to some sort of bizarre ass-kissing cult.

“What are you working on now?” Alex asked Richard.

“I’ve been working hard on the Patterson case, Alex. I stayed up late last night reviewing the file, so I could start drafting the complaint this morning,” Richard boomed.

That was another thing about Richard: He always talked far too loudly.

A flicker of irritation passed over Alex’s face. Juliet had to suppress a smile. For all of Richard’s ass-kissing, she knew how much he annoyed their boss. Alex liked his associates to do their work quickly and competently and did not want to listen to them brag about how late they’d stayed at the office. Richard had yet to figure this out.

“You haven’t finished drafting that complaint yet? I gave that to you weeks ago,” Alex said, his voice flinty.

Richard’s face fell. He looked down at the papers he’d brought into the meeting with him and began shuffling through them, as though the answer was somewhere within. “Yes…Alex…umm…it’s just…” Then he got himself together. “Well, Alex, I’ve been taking depositions in the Steele Insurance case. You told me to make those depos a priority.” A petulant tone had crept into his voice; Alex noticed it.

“It’s all a priority,” Alex said sharply. He turned to Neil Upson.

Neil was thin in a gawky, awkward way—all bones and sharp angles. His thinning hair was red, and the eyelashes that framed his watery blue eyes were so pale, they appeared nonexistent. Juliet had long suspected that Neil was a depressive—there was always a drawn, sad air about him—but he was a hard worker. In fact, Neil was a machine. He was single, didn’t have kids, and spent all of his time at the office. He consistently outbilled everyone else in the firm, which made Juliet uneasy. Neil had started at Little & Frost right after her, and they were more or less on the same rung of the partnership ladder. Juliet knew that she

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