Gabriela stopped to catch her breath, pressing a hand against her chest. It felt like she had swallowed a bunch of glass shards that were now slowly tearing her up from inside out.
She was so angry and so desperate, that she wanted to cry. Just as everything was looking up, something bad had to happen. Not just bad - terrible. Why would he do something so stupid? It’s not like there were no other lawyers in the world and it’s not like they were definitely going to lose if they had another one.
She had to speak with her mother and get her to call Mrs. Grant and fire her. At this point, her mother felt so guilty about everything that Gabriela doubted there was anything in the world she would say no to if Gabriela asked. She just had to calm down first.
Gabriela pushed her hands off her kn
