Victoria & I didn't bother to call ahead, knock, or ring the bell, we just used the key, disarmed the alarm, & walked in like we owned the place - which we did... along with Jimmy & Amanda.

Amanda stood & turned to face us, but when I sternly told her to sit the fuck down, she immediately cowed & curled up on the couch, curling into a ball in the corner, as if she was trying to hide. I barked at Jimmy to get his ass down to join us as Victoria set a case on the floor & she was standing next to Amanda & stroking her hair when Jimmy appeared, looking forlorn, his eyes red from crying. I ordered him to join his wife on the couch.

"We have ourselves quite a situation here" I said tersely as Victoria strode to stand next to me with her arms crossed over her chest. "You have not only jeopardized the firm by your crime, which, as you're well aware, is punishable by 10-20 years in federal prison & will get you permanently disbarred, you've also already proven yourself to be grossly incompetent & unfit for the position we've entrusted you with. We have grounds to terminate you immediately & demand our signing bonus paid back in full immediately as per the terms of the contract you signed initially."

I took the contract Jimmy signed yesterday from the inside pocket of my jacket & threw it on the coffee table in front of them. "Only you signed over all of your property to us yesterday, lock, stock, & barrel... so now you're not only in debt for your education, your in debt to the firm, & as you'll see on page 8, paragraph 3, line 5, you both now have zero net assets. Technically speaking, you're squatters in this house, & we could have you evicted even if you hadn't committed your crimes, & you couldn't even drive away, as we own both your vehicles."

"Simply put, you're fucked". I let the words hang in the air to sink in.