Note: I've had this idea in my head for a while, so I finally was able to share this story with you all. I am also going to share Della and Paul's stories here as well, so I'm guessing these bunnies look to be a series, but we shall see how it goes. Happy reading!
Fresh out of law school, an attorney named Perry Mason was happy when he graduated from college with his law degree. Yes, he attended law school. A lot of his former classmates wished him luck and Perry returned it as well. He didn't want to be a district attorney, but he would have to start somewhere.
He might not have his own office right away, but for now he was able to work with somebody until the right time came for him to have his own law office, a secretary and telephone number. He was just thinking it would be a good idea to run his business by involving a private investigator. It did make a lot of sense to him by hiring a private investigator to help out with whatever cases he would have.
About a month or two later, he would have his own office, but again it could be longer than a couple of months more. For now, he was to work with somebody, and Perry was fine with that. Even if it meant working with a district attorney, he would have something to work on. After receiving his law degree, his family was right there with him.
"Congratulations, Perry. What thoughts do you have in mind once you're able to have your own office?" Mr. Mason asked.
"Well, for one idea I've had in my head I could have a private investigator," he answered.
"That's a very good idea, Perry."
Perry's father is a retired lawyer, but his practice was more of having a private practice, and that was something Perry didn't want.
"Being a lawyer is a lot of work, Perry."
"I know, Dad. I've seen your job several times when I was a kid. Of course I will be in court a lot, and will be working with a lot of clients."
"You will do just fine," Mrs. Mason assured her only child.
"I know I will, but of course you can't win them all. My goal is to win every case my clients give me. Once I have my first court date, both of you will be there, if I win or not."
Like his father, Perry dreamed of being a lawyer. It ran in his father's family for almost two hundred years, and he wanted to keep the generation going. His father succeeded just fine.
"If I get stuck on something, I'll ask for your advice."
"That's what I figured out on my own, Son. Your mother and I wish you the best of luck."
"Thanks, Dad. Should we get out of here and celebrate?" Perry asked.
"I'm up for that," Mr. Mason said.
He saw a lot of his former classmates leaving, so Perry and his family followed everyone out to the parking lot. Mr. Mason offered to drive.
"Today is your day, Perry. Your father and I will let you decide what you'd like to do for the rest of the day."
Mr. Mason agreed.
"How about going out to a movie?"
"That's fine with us. Do you want to see a late picture or early?" Mrs. Mason asked once they found their car.
"Early is fine."
Since it was the nineteen fifties, there wasn't much of a choice to pick out a picture show you would want to see. The only choices for this month's movies were a Cary Grant movie, Alfred Hitchcock and a Western, so he and his folks decided to see the latest Alfred Hitchcock film.
It had been a while since Perry and his folks went to see a picture show, so Perry chose a good time to see a movie that recently came to the theaters. So they all were able to arrive at the theater to buy the tickets for the last viewing of the day. They all attended the five o'clock viewing. His parents paid for the tickets, popcorn and candy.
"Is coming here a special occasion?" a man in his late twenties asked.
"Of course. Today our son graduated from law school," Mr. Mason said.
"Well, congratulations, young man. Are you nervous at all? I know I will be."
The man at the ticket booth handed the Masons their tickets and change and once again congratulated Perry.
Once they arrived to the line and wait for their turn and grab some candy and popcorn, Perry said, "I found that strange why that guy at the ticket booth asked that sort of question. Nobody ever asks such a question like that."
"That was indeed odd, Perry. There's no such reason to have you investigate that."
"I know, Dad."
Perry saw his father was right. After Perry and his parents found a place to sit, the film was just beginning. About an hour and ten minutes later, he and his folks left the theater with trash in their hands. They found the nearest garbage can and threw their popcorn and candy wrappers away and were back in the parking lot.
The man at the ticket booth probably guessed he recently graduated because he was wearing graduation clothes.
"I won't be nervous about this new job right away, but I will be once I get involved in my first court date. Weren't you nervous once you opened your practice?"
"I was a little bit of excited and nervous at the same time, Perry. I was more excited than being nervous. I'm sure you realize by now it takes time to get used about this sort of thing."
"I know, Dad."
Everyone drove back to the house. Perry decided that he would move into an apartment building once he was able to find work. One thing Perry did not suspect he would work with the district attorney, whose name happened to be Hamilton Burger. At least it made sense to Perry that somebody was able to introduce him to other people, which can be helpful.