My mother-in-law blocked the entrance to my new apartment and screamed that her son had bought it for her, ordering me to leave.

your litigation voice.”

“I have several.”

“The one that makes men regret paper.”

“I’m listening.”

I explained everything.

Morgan did not interrupt. She listened the way surgeons cut: cleanly, calmly, and with total focus.

When I finished, she said, “Do not call Blake yet.”

“I was about to.”

“I know. That is why I said it. Send me everything first.”

I did.

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