Chapter 9

Weeks later, Marie appeared in court as a defendant. This time, she hired another attorney instead of Clifford. I won the case, and Marie was ordered to pay 500 thousand dollars to the plaintiff.

Marie wouldn't stop crying after she left court. She confronted me, "Holly, how could you do this to me just because you're jealous of Cliff's special treatment of me? How can I live my life now that everyone's heard about my court case?"

After her malpractice led to a patient's miscarriage, all she cared about was her reputation instead of repenting for her mistakes.

I spat, "It wasn't just one instance. I will represent the three patients who suffered because of your negligence!"

Marie cried even louder. "Y-You're picking on me!"

I stared at her coldly. "Yeah, I am. So what? Don't waste your time crying. Perhaps you should think of a way to come up with the money for compensation. You're going to need to fish out about a million dollars in total. How sad. Without Clifford's help, and af