23 EDITH That afternoon I managed to go to the bank and withdraw the agreed amount. Ten thousand dollars. All I had in the account. The need to win the case of the two Crein brothers was becoming more and more pressing. If I won, I would get a percentage of the fee paid to the firm, otherwise I would risk my job. This was my first case that I was handling alone. I could not lose and disappoint Simon Forrest, the senior partner who had hired me and given me that assignment. After spending the evening checking a file for an expropriation case, I went home, but I could not relax. I was as tense as a violin string. I couldn't find a solution for my case between Archie who didn't want to compromise and that accusation of theft that I feared would bring

