Mako arched a brow at the rather childish response from the other, scoffing softly. âAh, so you are just here wasting both of our times if you already had a lawyer down in LA. Lovely.â The man mused smoothly, shrugging. âI gave you my opinion on the case, which mind you I have done many similar like this and they all loose. You assaulted a man. Period. Dont matter what the terms were, dont matter what was said. You werent defending yourself, your life was not in danger, if anything you put the ALphaâs life in danger Ya could have swallowed ya pride, but ya didnt. Ya could have recommended ya do it in a setting where ya would actually win a potential sue, but ya didnt. There are consequences to ya actions, Rafael and I am sorry ya dont want to acknowledge that.â Mako raised his brow. âBesides, would you rather have a lawyer that thinks your innocent or one that thinks ya are guilty? Cause I can just lie to ya face and tell you what ya other lawyers will say only for ya to loose, have aggravated assault on your record, and be shellin out cash for both the lawyers who knew ya were gonna loose AND for the fines. God forbid the other lawyer goes for ya doing light prison time which, in all honesty, I would do if I was in their shoes just to tarnish ya reputation more.â
The Alpha stood, looking down at the other. âYa are free to be mad that I dont tell you what ya want to hear. But I take cases where I think the preson is innocent and or I know got a fighting chance with this case. I dont believe I have either of those options, so I told ya what I saw and in return you act like a child attempting to throw insults on a playground.â Mako nodded towards the door. âYa know the way out, I am sure.â
And there it was. The Alpha bristling at the first sign of someone, especially an Omega, disagreeing with him. It wouldâve been sad had it not been so goddamn predictable. With a scoff, Rafael shook his head. âI wasnât throwing insults, sir, I was merely telling you what I heard. I do have lawyers in LA, but as I wanted to become a member of this community, I wanted to give this law firm a shot since it seemed to be in such good press with the people. Now, I understand you may not think itâs winnable, but you havenât even heard more of what Iâve had to say. Or even bothered to ask if I had witnesses.â
Rising to his feet, the Omega straightened out his jacket. âIâm confident we can win this without tarnishing my reputation, though I donât think Iâd want to use the law office of someone that actually admitted to wanting to tank a case to tarnish my standing in the left-wing. So, while I appreciate your words, Iâm afraid that Iâll be taking my business elsewhere, to someone that I know will win this âlost causeâ.â Offering his hand, to show that there were no hard feelings - despite the fact that he was damn sure that the man was some asshole traditionalist - he offered a small smile. âThank you, though, Mr. Hale.â