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the Palomar since the night after I arrived.”
    “So, you broke up after one night here? Wow.”
    “Yep, I decided to surprise her by arriving early. Turns out I was the one surprised. I showed up at a bar where she was supposed to be meeting some folks from work. She was practically having sex with another woman on the dance floor.”
    Yolanda wrapped her in an embrace. “You poor thing. How mortifying. What did you do?”
    “Well, first I felt sorry for myself. Then I decided to go home with the best-looking woman at the bar. The next morning I did what I should have done years ago. I told Tina I’d had enough and moved out. Well, I didn’t actually move out since my stuff wasn’t there yet, but I moved myself into the Hotel Palomar.”
    “Whoa there, missy! Sandwiched in between your tale of woe, I think I heard you say something about going home with the best-looking woman at the bar. True or not true?”
    Morgan grinned. “True. Can you believe it? I was so mad at Tina and there was no way in hell I was going to spend the night at the scrubby McMansion she picked out for us. I worked off my anger in the best way I knew how.”
    “This old married woman wants to hear all about it, but it sounds like a tale best told over cocktails. Why don’t we catch up this weekend? Ray and I are hosting a thing for all the first-years Saturday night at our place. How about brunch on Sunday? You, me, and your sordid romances?”
    “It’s a date. The thing on Saturday, I suppose you want faculty to attend?”
    “If you don’t mind, we would like to have as many of the professors as possible. It helps for the newbies to meet you all in a less imposing setting than the classroom. I realize you probably won’t have any first-years in your class, but it would be nice for them to meet the big star on campus. Meeting you will give them a good memory they can reflect on when they are alumni and I am sending them endless requests to donate to the scholarship fund.”
    “No problem, Yo. It’s not like I have anything else to do. I’ll come early and help.”
    “Come early, dear, but the caterers have everything well in hand.” Yolanda stood. “Now, please allow me to give you a personal tour of the new wing. You’re going to love the new moot courtroom. It’s very high tech and your office is right across the hall, so you’ll be perfectly situated.”
    Arm in arm, they made their way toward Morgan’s new office.

    *

    “Two? Why two?” Parker exclaimed to Gerald Lopez, the student body president, waving the slips of paper in her hand.
    “No good deed goes unpunished. It’s simple. We didn’t have enough mentor volunteers to assign one to each first-year, so some of you have two.”
    “Any particular reason I was chosen as one of the lucky ones?”
    “Yeah, Casey,” Gerald answered without expression. “It’s your winning personality. Hell, I don’t know, maybe they figured because you’re older you’d have more wisdom to share.”
    Parker would have laughed if she thought Gerald was kidding. Truth was she thought he was an idiot. Handsome, fast talking, and popular with many of the female students, he’d needed little else to secure the election as president of the law school student body. Gerald was definitely a player and relied on attributes other than hard work and legal skill to get where he wanted to be. With his luck, he’d probably be district attorney someday. Parker grimaced at the thought.
    “Fine, I’ll be happy to share my sage wisdom with these two. Where do I hook up with them?”
    “They’ll be done with their library orientation at noon. Here’s your name tag. Wait in the lobby of the library and they’ll find you.”
    Parker looked with disdain at the plastic badge Gerald had shoved into her hand. No way was she wearing a name tag. Glancing at her watch, she saw she only had five minutes to wait. No time to grab a bite to eat. Well, she decided, I’ll show them the snack bar as the