Jimmy slid into the opposite bench. “Viktor. How’s the parking business?”
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Jimmy had laughed it off, of course. He’d even done his impression of Kevin Costner, the one about being a “morning person.” But Chuck didn’t laugh. Chuck sat wrapped in that space blanket, a hermit of self-righteousness, his electromagnetic hypersensitivity a perfect metaphor for how he shielded himself from his own brother. Jimmy slid into the opposite bench
Tonight, Jimmy wasn’t going home to his cramped apartment above the laundry room. He wasn’t going to visit Chuck’s fortress of solitude, either. Jimmy had laughed it off, of course
His brother Chuck’s words from the night before still hummed under his skin like a low-voltage wire: “You’re not a real lawyer, Jimmy. The law is sacred. You’ve just been cutting corners with a smile.”
He’d won the case—sort of. The man’s trailer wasn’t repossessed. In return, Jimmy had earned exactly $72 and the feeling that he was a ghost haunting the legal profession’s waiting room.
The Hum of the Empty Chair