Brad just nodded. He was still trying to figure out the rules. It would take him a long time to realize that at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, the only real rule was loyalty. To the firm. To the fight. To the strange, broken, brilliant family that had gathered under those humming fluorescent lights.
Denny set the case down with a heavy thud. “Bernie. My bird dog. He’s being sued for ‘emotional distress’ by a cat.” He poured himself two fingers of Alan’s scotch. “A cat , Alan. The world has gone soft.”
“It’s also effective,” Shirley said, a rare glint of approval in her eye. “The man cried because Alan quoted The Velveteen Rabbit at him for twenty minutes. Keep an eye on him. And Denny. They’re like two supernovas collapsing. Brilliant, but they’ll take the whole firm with them if we’re not careful.” boston legal season 1 cast
“Brad. The merger with Wakefield, Cummings? Alan filed a motion to have their lead partner declared ‘emotionally unfit’ because the man cried during a deposition.”
And that was enough. For now.
“We’ll take the case,” Alan said softly. “But you’ll have to let me do the talking. No cross-examining the goldfish.”
“To winning,” Shirley said.
“And Alan tells the best stories,” Tara said, not happily. She’d seen the way he operated—the charm, the theatrics, the raw nerve of a man who’d already lost everything once and was no longer afraid to lose it again.