"Is this because I'm a lesbian?" her question still seemed to echo in his office.
He'd assured her that he hadn't fired her because of it, but was he sure it hadn't influenced his decision?
Well, as conservative as his underlings thought he was, and he had no illusions, he knew they thought he would need to take a couple of steps to the left to get by John Ashcroft, but still he prided himself on being able to separate his personal feelings from his professional decisions.
No, her firing couldn't possibly have had anything to do with her sexual persuasion because he'd been pretty much oblivious to it. He'd written off the fact that Jack wasn't sleeping with her, to the idea that McCoy was getting old enough that his assistant seemed too close in age to his daughter. He'd also heard a rumor that McCoy really had given up his womanizing ways after Kincaid's death. Besides he had better things to do than keep track of the ADAs' sex lives. When he thought about it, if they had sex lives he probably wasn't working them hard enough.
Damn this was annoying, if that little bitch thought he'd fired her 'cause she was a lesbian, she might sue. Hell, she'd sue even if she didn't think that, once she gave a thought about how much money she could make on the lawsuit. Christ on a crutch that would be just what he needed, a lawsuit! My God, I may have to crawl back to that blonde hussy and offer her her job back.
Later
"Wonder what made him do it?" Fontana asked as he picked up the revolver from Arthur Branch's hand.