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I'm here to help, okay?

Maybe you can talk to him.

All right.

I should really head back.

I mean, you don't

have to head back.

Why do you want to leave?

Why don't you...

- wanna just hang

for a little bit?

- Look, I just...

I just need some time to think,

and you should really

get to work, anyway, so...

all right.

I'll talk to my brother.

I'll get you an update

in a couple of days.

Okay. That'll work.

Mr. Vincent de la cruz

is insisting on

meeting with you today.

Yeah, thanks.

Gentlemen, come on in.

What's good? Mr. Stone,

mr. Vincent de la cruz.

- Mr. De la cruz.

- Salvadore.

Salvadore, you wanna

pull up that chair?

Okay, standing is fine.

What can I help

you fine gentlemen with?

I need an attorney

for a civil case.

What... what kind of case

are we talking about?

I wanna sue a gun shop.

- Okay. For what?

- Negligence.

What kind of negligence?

Recently, I lost a son,

and he bought the gun

from mountain sport.

I'm sorry for

the loss of your child.

I know that's tough,

but I have to tell you...

negligence is something

that's very hard to prove.

- My sources tell me that...

- Your sources?

That's correct.

The owner of the gun shop

is notorious

for not following protocol.

Didn't follow

the proper protocol?

Well, he just sells guns

straight out the back.

Okay, well, mr. De la cruz,

why don't we get started with

what exactly is it

that you do for a living?

I own a chain of jewelers.

You might've seen one

down on olympia.

Yeah, I'm familiar

with one or two

of those.

Are they both you guys?

All right, well,

um, I don't have

to tell you then,

you know there's

a cost, obviously,

to run a business,

and that's what

I'm doing here.

So, you know, a case like this

could get really

expensive and fast.

What do you estimate?

I'd say 75 to 100 grand

for a retainer.

I think we have a good case.

And that's just

getting us started.

550 an hour is my billing rate.

So, just wanna let you know.

Can I borrow your pen?

Yes, you can.

You can keep the pen.

I presume we can

get started today.

- Just like that?

- Just like that.

I don't like

wasting people's time.

I don't like my time

being wasted.

All right. I think

we can make this happen.

I've just got

one more question.

A guy like you

could obviously afford

any attorney he wants.

- Why me?

- Quite simple.

My sources tell me

you're the best in this field.

Oh, I don't know

about the best...

I only hire the best.

I was just bumped up

to felony division last month.

Lisa, congratulations.

Rios assigned it to me

this morning.

You've never

handled a first-degree

murder case before.

Well, jaxon,

there's a first time

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