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hard time fathoming in light of his bitter past.
    â€œVery. They’re absolutely the best. We didn’t have a lot of money while I was growing up, but it didn’t matter. I had everything I needed and a lot of love.”
    Something he couldn’t even begin to relate to. He’d had the material objects because of his banker father, but the man had been bankrupt when it came to love. Daniel opted to keep the conversation focused on her. “I bet you were a cheerleader in high school.”
    She let go a terse laugh. “Hardly. I didn’t have adequate pom-poms.”
    Don’t do it, Fortune. But he couldn’t prevent his gaze from drifting to her breasts before he went back to her blue eyes. “I don’t see anything wrong with your pom-poms.”
    A slight blush stained her cheeks. “Thanks, but I wasn’t the cheerleader type. I was the studious type. I concentrated on making the grade instead of the usual high school stuff like sports and dating, that kind of thing.”
    â€œYou didn’t date?”
    â€œNot really. Not until college, and even then not that much. I was bound and determined to be the best law student ever. I graduated with honors.”
    â€œThen you went to work for Gailey and Breedlove.”
    â€œYes. They recruited me.”
    Daniel prepared to ask something he’d wanted to know for a while now. He’d heard some speculation about her departure, none that he’d been able to verify. “That’s a pretty prestigious firm. Why did you leave?”
    â€œIt’s a long story, but basically I found that the justice scales were tipped toward those who had the money and means to pay for a good defense. That’s why I decided to strike out on my own and try to do my part to make things more balanced.”
    Not the version he’d heard, but he’d settle for her explanation without pressuring her for more. “That’s why you signed on to serve as a public defender?”
    â€œYes, but I want to eventually concentrate on general law instead of criminal law, providing good counsel to those who have the need but not necessarily the money.”
    â€œHow do you expect to make a living at that?”
    â€œActually I have a few cases that could prove to be lucrative—provided I win. Just nothing up-front until they’re settled. But I’m getting by.”
    â€œAnd I suspect you’re working your ass off.”
    She patted her hip and smiled. “Believe me, it’s still there.”
    â€œI’ve noticed. And I’m glad.”
    She looked somewhat self-conscious as she twitched on the cushions. “By the way, how is Jim Krauss in court?”
    For a moment he wondered if she had a thing for his colleague. Nah. The guy was about as boring as they come. And married. “He’s fairly good. Why?”
    â€œI’m wondering what I’ll be facing during the Massey trial, if it goes to trial.”
    â€œI thought we weren’t going to discuss that,” he reminded her.
    â€œJust curious.”
    â€œKrauss better be at his best since you’re damn good.”
    â€œHow would you know?” she asked. “You’ve never really come up against me.”
    The images the comment evoked had every muscle in his body coming to attention. “True, I haven’t. But I’m sure we’d both enjoy it immensely.”
    â€œYou’re certainly confident, Counselor.”
    â€œRemember, it’s Daniel tonight, and you’re not all that short on confidence either.”
    â€œNo. I’m just short.”
    â€œYour hell-on-wheels attitude makes you seem a lot taller.”
    She laid a hand above her breast. “Attitude? I don’t have an attitude.”
    â€œYeah, you do, Counselor.”
    â€œIt’s Alisha,” she said, throwing his words back at him. “And you have to have a little bit of an attitude in this business to be taken