The Greatest Lie Part 19

The bailiff still had it. The other side went crazy about that being a violation of attorney work-product confidentiality. But the judge was pissed off at him, especially after I told her that you had been arrested on the courthouse steps as a result of Pajon's email subterfuge. She decided that his sending the email in court waived work-product confidentiality for that email and every other email that related to you, all three hundred or so of them."

She handed me a thick binder of documents.

"Here's your copy. I haven't had time to read all of them, but it looks like there was a plot between the FBI, this gang kid named Miguel Carranza, and Spartan, LLC, the big condom manufacturer, to set you up for arrest and extradition to Thailand for some intellectual property piracy and an alleged terrorist act. And that, Alexandra, brings us to a bit of a problem. We can't represent you anymore."

"Why? It seems like we are doing great. I can prove that I was doing nothing wrong in Thailand, just a school research project."

"This Spartan LLC is one of our firm's clients. They are adverse to you, and we can't represent someone, like you, who is adverse to a client."

"Aren't I a client too? Or is it that Spartan pays your firm a lot of money, and I am pro bono?"

"I told you that our representation of you was conditioned on your disclosing adverse parties and clearing conflicts. You failed to disclose Spartan."

"I didn't think it was relevant."

"Spartan seems pretty relevant now. Give your new lawyer these emails and get an opinion. All I know is that I have been ordered to resign from your file, and with great regret, I am."

"Can I use your phone? I want to call JC."

"Oh, thanks for reminding me. He asked me to give you this."

I opened it. It was a typed memo to me, from him, regarding "Termination of Our Relationship". I read it and started crying.