Photographing Kate by Laina Turner

Author:Laina Turner [Turner, Laina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laina Turner Media, LLC

“You’re late,” Zach’s dad grunted as Zach walked in the study where his dad sat on his favorite chair, a scotch in his hand and a sullen expression on his face. Zach didn’t take the expression personally since that was how his dad always looked. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d seen his dad smile.

“Sorry about that. My last meeting ran later than I expected.” Zach tried to keep his voice as neutral as possible. While he understood the importance of punctuality, he found it absurd that he was being harassed over arriving three minutes late. His dad was the only person who ever harped on that few minutes’ difference, but Zach had given up arguing the point long ago. To his dad, if you weren’t early, you were late.

“Time is money, son. I hope you charged for those extra few minutes.”

Zach pulled in a deep breath, determined to keep his dad from getting under his skin. He wasn’t sure why it even bothered him anymore. This had been a constant refrain that he’d heard from his dad. Although Zach had known that he’d be expected to charge by the hour when he chose to become a lawyer, he didn’t feel right about nickel-and-diming his clients to death. This was particularly true of his local clients, since the majority of them were not made of money. He’d gone into the profession to help people, not bankrupt them.

Since Zach’s dad, and his dad before him, had created such a stellar reputation for their small, community law practice—especially because his granddad had been a judge—their firm did pull in an unusually high number of big clients from the larger suburban areas. But Zach didn’t treat those larger clients any different than his smaller ones. As a businessman, he felt that he was doing the right thing, and that those few extra minutes he didn’t bill for would eventually come back to him. He believed in karma that way, and sadly, his father did not.

“Can I refresh your drink?” Zach asked to change the subject, walking over to the antique bar cart that was in a corner of the study.

“No, thank you, I’m good for now.”

Zach fixed his own drink, scotch neat, and took a seat in the chair opposite to where his dad was sitting.

“How did your meeting go?” Zach asked. Zach’s father had been in Detroit earlier in the day to meet with his campaign supporters and talk strategy for winning the a seat as a Supreme Court Justice. Even though his dad was considered a shoo-in, as both a legacy and an excellent legal mind in his own right, he hadn’t taken getting appointed for granted. He worked tirelessly on his campaign.

“It went fine. It will be nice once the election is over and I can just focus on the job. The political game gets old after a while.”

It took all of Zach’s willpower not to laugh out loud at that comment. His dad thrived on playing political chess. Much to his father’s dismay, Zach had ever been attracted to the game.

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