Post-ep for 19x21 Skate or Die.“…I really can’t be part of your law firm?” Mike Cutter asked as he sat across from Connie Rubirosa at the diner they tended to frequent near the courthouse.
Connie looked up from the menu with a grin. “Hypothetical law firm and
no.”
“Why not?” Mike asked, looking slightly anxious.
“You heard Jack,” Connie laughed, amused that it was bothering him this much. “Someone’s gotta make sure the DA’s office won’t go to hell.”
“But why
me?” Mike wanted to know.
Before Connie could answer, the lawyers were joined by Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard, who strolled up to the table uninvited.
“Who’s leaving the D.A.’s office?” Lupo wanted to know.
“No one,” Connie and Mike said at the same time.
Both detectives glanced at them questioningly.
“Connie says she’s leaving the D.A.’s office and starting her own private practice if Jack’s not elected,” Mike informed them.
“And…Jack jokingly said that he’d go with me if I did,” Connie finished, with a smirk. “Rubirosa & McCoy: Attorneys at Law.”
“How’d you get top billing?” Lupo asked with a laugh.
Connie shrugged, smiling. “I called it.”
“Lupes could be one of your paralegals,” Bernard said as he sat down next to Cutter. “You mind?” he asked, before sitting down anyway.
Cutter made a ‘what choice do I have?’ face and scooted over.
“I’d hire Lupo,” Connie said, enjoying the hypothetical talk and the faces Mike was making.
“Wait—you’d hire him and not me??” Mike’s eyes widened a bit.
“You’re a liability,” Connie managed a straight face as she said it.
“But—I pay off!” Mike exclaimed.
Lupo raised a brow, looking down at Bernard from where he stood.
Bernard only shrugged and snagged Cutter’s menu.
“Can I--?” Lupo motioned to where Connie was sitting.
“Oh, sure,” she said, and moved over as well.
“You have to gamble a bit to win, you know,” Cutter was saying to no one in particular. His BlackBerry buzzed a moment later and he leaned as close as he could to the window in order to talk with some amount of ‘privacy.’
“…so, why won’t you let him in your pretend law firm?” Lupo asked Connie as that was going on.
Connie didn’t hide the mirth in her eyes. “…because it’s fun to watch him get in a snit about it?”
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