CHAPTER 60
Life had settled down. Nelda was working with Erin Brockovich on the toxic tort case, Matteo was battling lawsuits on all fronts, and Kip's arm had healed nicely. I had closed out my last divorce case but it took some finagling. The parties had agreed on the division of property and child support but not the family business, a dog-grooming salon for which they had wildly different valuations. The husband, my client, assigned it a minimal value claiming that as sole proprietor he was the business. The wife vehemently disagreed. I proposed a solution and my client decided to give it a shot.
He said "Jennifer, you're right, Rover the Rainbow is worth a hundred thousand dollars. You keep it. Pay me fifty thousand and I'll hand over the keys. The shop opens at six a.m., six days a
