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not do anything irrational.”
           
“Well Jimmy, Anthony now has me wondering, we don’t really do anything here,
why do I need a Lawyer and a Paralegal?”

        Anthony’s heart began to race, he
was on the verge of tears because of the public humiliation and then it
happened.  Jimmy stood up and pointed a finger at David,

        “Now listen here David! I have
worked hard to get where I am, and I am sure this young man has done the same
and I will be damned if anyone is going to get fired, based on something that I
had done! If Anthony isn’t here, while I am still alive and driving, I am going
to be one unhappy driver!”
           
        “OK, OK Jimmy, relax.  Of
course we need him, Andy is a very detail oriented guy, I am sure.”
           
        “Damnit David, his name is Anthony,
AN THO KNEE!”
           
“My apologies, AN THO KNEE!  Now let’s be done with this mess, and go get
some breakfast. Anthony, please let the record show that we have talked to
Jimmy and fined him $10,000.00, which will be donated to a charity of your
choosing. Thank you young man.”
            Everyone began leaving the room and
Anthony had been saved by Jimmy.  He felt dirty by the notion that such a
goof ball had saved him.  Then again, he felt thankful that Jimmy had that
power, and was glad to still have a job.  A sickening feeling came over
him, when he realized that the right thing to do, would be to thank Jimmy,
somehow. 
            As the room emptied out, Anthony’s
boss looked at him and said,
           
“What the fuck was that?”

        “I am sorry, I know I shouldn’t have
done that.”

        “Really Anthony, if it was not so
important to Jimmy, I think that we would have been having a serious
chat.” 
            Anthony’s boss packed his bag and
left without saying another word.  Anthony’s mouth had gotten him into
trouble on more than one occasion, and he wished sometimes he had the power to
say nothing.  Up to this point in his life, that power had evaded
him.  He packed his things away, with tears in his eyes, and was the last
one out of the room.  Anthony slowly walked back to his desk, to continue
on with the doldrums that were to be the rest of his day. He didn’t have to
stay, today was only supposed to be for the hearing, but he really had nothing
to do anyways.  Nothing like a Saturday at the office. 
     
           
The only nice thing about being at work on a Saturday, was the office was
completely hers.  No one else stayed behind.  Anthony said to
himself, this is a good chance to get ahead of my work. He sat at his
desk and diligently piled over scores of the frivolous lawsuits being brought
against AMAN.  The organization being what it was, people were always
taking a run at them, in one way or another. 
           
        Anthony began talking to himself
aloud, “Why would Jimmy stick his neck out for me? Well I guess he wasn’t
really sticking his neck out, he wouldn’t have been fired.  I was the one
in jeopardy. My god, if I didn’t hate him so much I would fuck him 6 ways from
Sunday. 
            “You talking about me?”
            To Anthony’s surprise, shock and
terror, it was Jimmy.  He was not sure how much Jimmy had heard, but he
definitely heard the last part.  Anthony was stunned and unsure how to
respond. 
            “No, I was not talking about
you.  I don’t want anything to do with you.”
            Anthony had very strong feelings
about Jimmy, they were stronger now that he had to defend his position. 
Jimmy stood in front of Anthony with his good looking, I know you were talking
about me grin.
            “Well, that is too bad, because
really…. You, are a good looking guy!”

        Anthony could not help his smile,
yet he still found the strength to fight it back.  He hated