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don’t see how
keeping me waiting is going to help achieve that goal.
    “You see, most people who are
considered abrasive are angry at being made to wait. You fall into
that category. Learning to be a nicer, less abrasive person means
that you need to first learn patience before anything else. I am
sure you are nice in certain situations, but we need to channel
that. Making abrasive people wait usually ends up in them leaving
within the first fifteen minutes.”
    “Okay, but I still don’t get
it.”
    “Having you wait that much
longer, just means that this is important to you. You set aside
your clock watching in lieu of something bigger. This is your
ambition. You have that or you wouldn’t be here. What is it that
you aspire to do with your life, Victoria?”
    “I work as a lawyer and I’m
being mentored by a partner. But, in order to make partner, I need
to work on my perceived abrasiveness.”
    “We can do that. In answer to
your statement about making you wait, I did that so that you learn
your first lesson in the only way you will understand – by
doing.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    “You’ve just learned that you
are not the center of the universe.”
    “Ahhh, I gotcha.”
    “This is going to work out well,
Victoria. Much progress will be made at whatever pace you are
comfortable with.”
    “Sign me up.”
    “Already done.”
    Weeks passed and Victoria and
Michelle were both working on their flaws that were pointed out by
their mentors. Victoria would always love her catty, no-nonsense
attitude, but she quickly sanded down her rough edges. Michelle
learned to be aggressive in her approach with things needed it and
was on her way to becoming partner material.
    Victoria kept digging through
information on Fassett & Lews as provided by her client at
Janus Incorporated, but when it came down to it, the court battle
had just begun. Mason Janus wanted the millions of which he
invested into F&L to be returned to him and Victoria and the
team at Briggs & Trice were hot on the money trail. In court
was the only time that she allowed herself to unleash her inner
bitch and take people down with extreme prejudice. She felt like a
force to be reckoned with in her Prada pants suit, black stilettos
and pearl necklace. She was invincible and the opposing counsel,
while stern, also knew that Ms. Strauss was no one with whom to be
trifled.
    While Victoria waged war in the
courtroom as well as the media frenzy, Michelle was learning more
and more about Governor McBride’s evening activities. Through the
help of Chase Freeman, Michelle learned that the pregnant woman was
in fact a prostitute hired by a local woman who was rumored to be a
madam to the elite of the city.
    She found that the pregnant
woman is 24-years-old, has bright blonde hair and hazel green eyes.
She was a former cocktail waitress before she began turning tricks
with the influential city leaders. The name she uses when out on
the town is Reese Nichols, but Chase’s associate was hot on the
trail of the madam and the woman’s true identity.
    Chase’s assistant Alyssa was
just the right fit for the brothel, but she needed to find a way
in. She went to the same place that the Reese was tending bar and
put in an application. The owners of the establishment gave her a
once-over, and she was hired on the spot.
    “You have a great body,” said
one obvious creton in charge of the place called Vixen. Neon pink
lights ran rampant in the bar and it wasn’t the type of place where
you would take your significant other. Men came here to see naked
women and get drunk – and if they were lucky, a little more than
that.
    One grey-haired, greasy looking
overweight man approached Alyssa and said, “Here, take this, it’s
your uniform.”
    Alyssa looked around to find
that the other women in the club were wearing what appeared to be a
skinny neon string bikini and not much else.
    “Go in the back and see the
redhead; she will find you some shoes,” he