Not your basic instinct

[brad_chase]

Comments

[alan_shore]

I really must commend you on possessing the foresight to pine for a meth addict with not only amazing eyes but a daughter as well. That way you're guaranteed at least an eighty percent chance she isn't a lesbian.

[ynez_castillo]

pssst! Lesbians can have babies too!

[brad_chase]

Good one.

... Hey, what're you saying?

[ynez_castillo]

That lesbians can have babies. All it takes is a sperm donor.

[jamie_stringer]

"The gleam from my sterling reputation is now more like a bad glare through a streaked windshield and I can’t make out the road ahead."

Don't you hate that feeling?

It comes with being a lawyer I think. It's unavoidable. We've all done it. We've all felt that. But you described it really well here. I love your wording.

By the way, who is this meth addict?

[brad_chase]

Thanks, Jamie. It's something every defense lawyer comes to terms with. I just finished one where I was forced to question a mothers judgment in the death of her son - a good mother. It wasn't her fault.

You do more criminal defense than we do. How do you process it?

*Brad pretends he didn't hear her final question*

[jamie_stringer]

I try to keep reminding myself that we represent something important - the right of every American to have a fair trial, good representation, due process - no matter how despicable a person they may actually be. But I also end up lying to myself a lot. I tell myself my client is innocent, that he deserves to have his day in court, even when I know he isn't and doesn't.

That must have been awful to have to confront a mother like that. Those are the most heart wrenching.

*debates whether to ask again*

[brad_chase]

I often find it disconcerting why the police and attorneys don't get along better. We both serve the law, many citizens avoid us or out-and-out hate us yet we're the most important person to them when they're in a jam. Being disliked - not a problem. Not liking myself sometimes - problem. You and I - we're alike.

Thing is, about that, Chris, my client in the case, we've known each other a long time, both in the military and we put the honor code above all else. That's the way it is and it doesn't change, whether you're a CEO of Alcove Games or an attorney. In a way, we both lied by omission. We knew it, we talked around it - and then we went out for steaks and put it behind us.

*notices what she let go unsaid and admires her for it - and decides to be straight* Jamie, she's a colleagues daughter. Just someone who was lying to herself - not unlike us. Her situation just got me thinking, that's all.