Chapter one

    Beep beep 'ugh' I thought to myself as i rolled over and shut my alarm off 'this is way too early to be getting up . ' Why again am I getting up at six am ? ' As I lay there for a little bit longer trying to remember why on earth I was up so early I heard loud footsteps coming up the stairs.

"Lilly May don't make me go in there and drag you out of bed." Yelled dad from the end of the hallway.

" It's okay Dad " I yelled back. " I am up, I am just getting dressed." I replied then all of a sudden hit me. Today is the first day of work with my father. Shit, I am going to be late on the first day of work. We have been planning this for a while now, how could i forget? I jumped up out of bed and ran to my closet searching for something to wear.

" Lilly you're going to be late for your first day at the office." Dad yelled again. 

" Five mins Dad I am almost ready." I still can't believe I had forgotten. Good thing I don't have my makeup to do and I showered last night before I went to bed. I just have to throw on some clothes on real quick and pull this long wavy red hair into a ponytail. I rummaged around in my closet for a couple more minutes before grabbing jeans and a sweater. I was downstairs in no time slipping on a pair of light green flats that matched perfectly with my light green sweater and dark blue skinny jeans. 

"I am all ready Dad." I yelled as I grabbed my purse off the table and headed to the door. " I will meet you in the car. 

" What about your coffee?" Dad asked as he came through the doorway from the kitchen. 

"Can you bring it, I will drink it on the way, I don't want to make us late." I yelled out closing the door behind me.

" Well let's go, we can't keep our clients waiting now can we?" he replied with a smile on his face.

 I can't believe it. I haven't seen dad this happy in a very long time. If I would have known it would have made him this happy that I would have started working with him a long time ago instead of putting it off. 

It wasn't a long ride to the office, a couple of miles up the road. It sure seemed like it took forever to get there, maybe it was because I am so excited that it is my first day or maybe just because of the awkward silence in the car the whole way here. Oh well whatever it was I am so glad that I will be starting work in a few minutes. I have waited weeks for this moment to get here and now that it is here I am starting to get excited. 

Keep your head up Lily I thought to myself you will do okay just remember to pay attention and be nice to the clients that walk through that door and you will be okay. So much confidence I have in myself I really don't think I can do this. There is so much riding on this, maybe this is a mistake, maybe I can just tell my dad that I don't feel that this is for me. Lily May you need to do this for your father he needs you right now more than ever, suck it up and get your ass in there. Oh great here I am having a mental debate with myself over going to work with my father. I know I can do this, he needs me, I told myself. Now I just need to shut my mind off and get in there and have a good first day working as a team or partner or whatever it is I decided to do in the first place. It will all be worth it in the end. This is going to be great. It is all working out already. I haven't seen my dad this happy in a long time, not since before Mom died anyway. When she died he made a turn for the worse, I moved home to care for him he wasn't doing good at all. He had closed the door on his office, told his clients they would have to find themselves another lawyer. I talked him into returning, to open his business again. I told him we could make it a family thing, if I like it I will go back to school to become a lawyer so I could take over some day, even though I don't want to. I couldn't get him to open back up if I hadn't offered. I tried everything to get him to return. I stepped out of the car, now is the time here we go, no turning back now.