Afterlife
"For a while there I thought you were going to quit," Adam says.
"I decided that I like it here," Claire says.
The glance he gives her is keen and penetrating, but he's kind enough not to say what he must be thinking. That I haunt Hogan Place like Miss Haversham in her mansion, Claire thinks.
"Well, congratulations on your latest conviction," Adam says, raising his glass. "You're top of the tenth floor league, now."
"It'll be a while before that's true," Claire says, because unlike Adam, she's not only counting living lawyers.
"Ah, Claire," Adam sighs, looking suddenly old.