Chapter 855: Litigation Duo
After Adam lowered his standards.
Marshall quickly found Adam a decent tutoring candidate.
Adam introduced the person to Jill.
Jill rallied her spirits and threw herself into the battle of preparing for Harvard Law School.
Meanwhile.
Mike Ross, the original first choice, was reflecting on life's ever-changing twists and turns, neither elated by gain nor saddened by loss.
The day before.
He had been partying with his best friend Trevor in Trevor's luxurious apartment. As they got high, he protested, "Listen, man, seriously, I can't keep smoking. I helped someone cheat on an exam today and nearly got caught. It's time to do something legitimate."
"Man, listen to me!"
Trevor, a successful man dressed in an expensive custom-tailored suit, coaxed him. "Smoking this little won't affect your path to success at all!"
"You sell this stuff. Of course you'd say that."
Even while high, Mike Ross's mind remained sharp, and he hit the nail on the head.
"Don't say that."
Trevor glanced at him. "I've always said that if you want in, you're welcome anytime. With your brains and my business skills, we'll definitely become the most successful supplier of premium medical goods in New York—no, in the entire United States, the entire world."
"That was the same tone you used when you asked me to take your math exam for you."
Leaning back on the sofa, Mike Ross gave him a sidelong glance. "And then I got caught."
"What a wonderful memory, wasn't it?"
Trevor said with a smug smile, "Listen, nobody would suspect we're drug dealers. Look at me—this suit cost two thousand bucks, and I've got twelve more just like it! We're successful people!
I'm legitimately running 'software projects.' Clients hand me briefcases stuffed with cash, and I exchange them for identical briefcases