It’s nice getting to spend the day all together, almost like old times, but it also means I don’t have a chance to get any work done. Normally, this wouldn’t be such a big deal, but since I have Addy’s hearing the next day, it means a long night of staying up to go over the case.
The morning of the hearing, I wake up exhausted and a little nervous, but trying to hide it.
“It’s going to be fine, Emma,” Milena says comfortingly over the group call, so I guess maybe I’m doing a bit of a s**t job at hiding.
“You haven’t been nervous for a hearing since your first one,” Gianna chimes in. “I’m getting nostalgic for the good old days. Baby lawyer Emma.”
“I’m not nervous,” I protest. “I’m just a little… on edge.”
“I’m pretty sure that’s a synonym for nervous.”
“Is not.”
“Is too.”
“Nervo
