Of fun fairs and candy cottons

"Sure… Of course, Mr. Baker. However, the court has a statutory time limit within which they can decide about the case; unfortunately, I cannot speed it up… Yes, I will let you know as soon as I receive the judgment. Yes… Goodbye." Amilyn Holdo rolled her eyes and ended her phone conversation with her client, Christopher Baker. She hadn't represented anyone worse in her life. He constantly annoyed her with phone calls and meetings, demanded that the process be speeded up, even when it simply wasn't possible, and insisted on the price of her work being reduced or his opponents being arrested.

She leaned back in her chair with her hands behind her head and allowed herself to relax for a moment. There was an hour and a half left until the end of the official working hours and at least three until the end of the actual working hours. Attorneys and lawyers never went home on time.

She looked around the room. Her office was located in a beautiful, glazed building. Each of the attorneys and trainees had their own office, but with glass panels instead of walls so that if necessary, they could just wave and one of their colleagues could come for a consultation or help.

There were currently two older people sitting in the office on the far right. Their hair was already blooming with silver, his more than hers — they were bowing their heads over some paper, so it was easily recognizable. But regardless of age, the twins Luke and Leia Skywalker were a huge name in the law world, and if any popularity awards were given in this branch, these two would have full shelves at home. The Raddus Law Office was founded by the two of them, together with Han Solo, Leia's ex-husband. It was expected that as soon as he would grow out of playing children's games and graduate, the fourth "ruler" of the office - the son of Leia and Han, Ben Solo - would join the three founders.

Ben actually graduated with honors from law school. Of course, he practiced in Raddus throughout his studies, as well as quite a few of his classmates. That given, it was an even bigger stab in the back when, after his successful bar exams, he set up - with his parents' money - his own office. It was called Supremacy. He lured a lot of Raddus' employees to him, and whenever he could, he indiscriminately rubbed against Raddus publicly and spoke with utter contempt. Of course, he didn‘t communicate with his parents; they were below his level.

Han never really recovered from this betrayal. Because of Ben, his relationship with Leia suffered a fatal blow that led to divorce. Han changed a lot. He eventually gave up his stake in the company and left. As far as Amilyn knew, the Skywalkers had no news of him either - the last time he had spoken with them was somewhere in Brazil almost three years ago. After the divorce, Leia threw herself headlong into work, winning several large, highly media-watched cases as an attorney, successfully overshadowing Supremacy for a time. Together with Luke, they also wrote and published a rather humorous book of experiences, tales and stories from their rich attorney career, Lawyers Really Suck Sometimes, which was popular even among ordinary readers. Supremacy was starting to compete against Raddus again, and Ben - who had changed his name to Kylo Ren, which he thought sounded more representative (Amilyn didn't share this opinion) - tried to drag Raddus employees to his side, but it was already rumored that he wasn’t exactly nice to people who worked for him, and his ratings haven’t been the best so far.

Amilyn turned her head thoughtfully to the other side. There were two men sitting in two offices in a row - one of them, Finn, was their trainee. Ironically, he came to ask for an internship after he ran away from Supremacy, utterly disgusted. He was young, hardworking and talented. She believed that in a few years Finn would be a successful attorney. For the most part, she was right in her judgments, whether they concerned colleagues or clients — after all, she had been in the company the longest time after the Skywalkers, and de facto stood with them at the office’s birth — but in one case, she had to admit to herself, her judgement was a far cry from right.