Title:The Rainmaker
Author(s): John Grisham
Publisher(s): Delta
Pages: 576
Year: 2005
Format: EPUB
Language: English
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The ad contained a grainy black-and-white photo of Mr. Long. Lawyers are getting as bad as chiropractors about plastering their faces everywhere. He appeared to be an earnest fellow, about forty, nice smile, as opposed to most of the mug shots in the Attorney Section. His firm has four lawyers, specializes in car wrecks, seeks justice on all avenues, likes injuries and insurance cases, fights for its clients and takes nothing until something is recovered.
What the hell. I have to start somewhere. I find the address downtown in a small, square, really ugly brick building with free parking next to it. The free parking was mentioned in the yellow pages. A bell jingles as I push open the door. A chunky little woman behind a littered desk greets me with something between a sneer and a scowl. I$prime;ve made her stop typing.
«May I help you?» she asks, her fat fingers hovering just inches from the keys.
Damn, this is hard. I cajole myself into a smile. «Yes, I was wondering if by chance I could see Mr. Long.»
«He$prime;s in federal court,» she says as two fingers hit the keys. A small word is produced. Not just any court, but federal court! Federal means the big leagues, so when any hamand-egg lawyer like Aubrey Long has a case in federal court, he damned sure wants everyone to know. His secretary is told to broadcast it. «May I help you?» she repeats.
I have decided that I will be brutally honest. Fraud and chicanery can wait, but not for long. «Yes, my name is Rudy Baylor. I$prime;m a third-year law student at Memphis State, about to graduate, and I wanted to, well, I was sort of looking for work.»
It becomes a full-blown sneer. She takes her hands away from the keyboard, swivels her chair to face me, then begins shaking her head slightly. «We$prime;re not hiring,» she says with a certain satisfaction, as if she$prime;s the foreman down at the refinery.