Saving Scotty by Jocoby Annie

Author:Jocoby, Annie [Jocoby, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

The next day, after I spent most of the night bawling in Nick’s arms, I felt that it was time to take action. I hoped that I had gotten my emotions out long enough that I could have the strength to face at least some of the things that I needed to face.

Thank god Nick was there. And thank god for Jack, too. Bless his heart, but he was staying with us in Nick’s guest bedroom on the first floor. He even said that he had taken some vacation days from his jobs, although he did have to keep going to rehearsal for his play. But, since his part was very small, and he really was just in the chorus, that didn’t take up too much of his time.

“I have vacation time coming to me, Scotty,” he said. “So, I’m taking these days now.”

“Jack. You don’t have to waste your vacation days on me.”

“I have to waste them somehow,” he said. “God knows I don’t exactly have the money to travel to Europe. So, I might as well spend them with you.”

I was happy about that, actually. I was pestering Nick to go back to work. I knew how important he was to that firm, and I didn’t want him to get any more behind than he had to on my account. He reluctantly agreed.

“I don’t want to leave you, Scotty,” he said. “But I know that you’re in good hands here with Jack. But, please, if you need me, call. I’ll come home. In fact, I think I might just go into the office just long enough to clear some of my client meetings off my deck, and come home here and work. And, there’s also another very important matter that I have to clear up.”

I knew what the important matter was. Portia. Nick had explained to me that he wasn’t going to work under the safe roof with her anymore. Which made me extremely anxious, as the last thing I wanted was for Nick to lose his prestigious partnership on my account. I had no idea what those partners would do when push came to shove. Nick had won the last showdown, but the stakes then were relatively low. Portia wanted me gone. Nick wanted me to stay. In the end, the partners sided with Nick, but only because Nick was willing to put more on the line to back his position than Portia did. Specifically, he resigned, and that made all of the partners snap to attention.

That particular showdown was much lower stakes than what was happening here. After all, I was just a lowly intern. It was easy for the partners to side with Nick in that scenario. But, here, Nick was serious about getting Portia gone. That was huge stakes. They both were so important to the firm. I really hoped that Nick knew what he was doing.

At the same time, I knew that it was necessary to have the showdown. He was not only protecting himself, but he was also protecting me.

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