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“You do not want to know,” Izzie says, rolling her eyes She says it in a way that letsto let me know

“What happened?” I ask politely, leaning against the side of her oversized desk She’s Gaz’s receptionist, sure, but she’s es his entire life Gaz is incredible, but he’s also a busy lawyer He doesn’t have ti Izzie controls all of that She’s in charge of everything froing Gaz’s meals She even tells him when he needs to do laundry

That’s how much he needs her

Her desk is a reflection of this There are papers covering the entire desk, but they’re all arranged very particularly Izzie explained the entire organizational plan to me once It was very specific

She keeps notes fros them into computer files She keeps requests from Gaz in front of her, pinned to the top of the desk There’s a pile of papers to her right that contain notes and ies all appear to the right of the desk and she has everything arranged so that anyone calling her holographically can’t see what’s on her desk

I hope Gaz pays her well because she deserves it

“Thisa lawyer in the biggest city on the Hidden Planet People expect a certain amount of privacy when they hire you They expect you to keep your e any information to outside parties

Fortunately for me, Gaz considers me to be one of his eination ah ti about all of his cases Sometimes Gaz letsup, so I know a lot about how arguing to win a legal case works

Things are different on Sapphira than they were on Earth, long ago, but the basic preets in trouble and their lawyer saves their ass

Simple

Only, there’s nothing simple about Trevor’s case

“What happened?” I groan I know right away that Gaz is going to need so to deal with today He won’t want to leave the office, but I’ll have to drag hi to deal with the stress

“Apparently, the Orchidian police arrived today with new evidence against hi accused of crimes on the Hidden Planet Now they want to nail him for petty theft on Orchid, too”

“This guy is crazy,” I groan When Gaz agreed to represent Trevor, he was doing it as a favor to Trevor’s mother Mrs Waters is one of the nicest old women in the city of Diamond, but she’s als

o naïve She’s convinced her son isn’t guilty of any of the charges, and at first, Gaz believed both her and Trevor

It’s been weeks, though, and the evidence against hi

“How did Gaz take it?” I lower my voice Most people know Gaz isn’t Sapphiran, but few realize he hi incredibly s