IBINABA ko ang cellphone pagkatapos ng tawag ng isa sa aking mga kliyente. My eyes shifted to the person who just suddenly entered my office.
“Is it true?”
I detected a small disappointment from Grant. More or less, alam ko na kung ano ang ipinarito niya. Nagtaas ako ng mga kilay at kalmadong sumandal sa swivel chair.
“Why did you accept the case? Kilala mo ang mga Fajardo. Are you really going to represent their son in the court and help him save his a$s?”
Ilang segundo kong pinagmasdan ang seryosong mukha ng kapatid ko bago umiling. “You know that it’s unethical for a lawyer to refuse representing someone just because he believes that that someone is guilty.”
“But the family has a reputation,” katwiran ni Grant. “They are dangerous. Twenty years ago, naakusahan din ang ama ng mag
