Save me, there is literally nothing going on here today.
Kyle read the text message and shook his head as he glanced around. Lunch with Susanna had turned into spending most of the afternoon with her yesterday. This had led to him learning that she was exactly two months older than he was and literally lived in the city by herself. Her parents lived in Florida and because of that he had insisted they exchange numbers in case something happened. She obviously had friends here but none were as close as he was and while he certainly was not her friendit was...well it was complicated. It still didn't stop him from texting her back.
Better to be bored than to be stuck with idiots like I am.
Kyle put his phone on the desk and went back to his brief. He had a reply buzzing at him in minutes.
At least idiots can be amusing. I'm bored. I have no inspiration. And I want gummybears.
Kyle felt himself frown at that as he typed out a reply.
Didn't you just buy a bag yesterday?
There was another pause before her answer came back.
Your point?
Kyle pondered, had she seriously downed that entire bag of gummy bears in one day? Then again she was eating for two, and he'd learned yesterday that the baby, who she refused to learn the sex of because she wanted tovbe surprised, had quite the sweet tooth. Actually, he rather suspected that Susanna was the one with the sweet tooth but he was mildly terrified of what she would do tohim if he questioned that particular trait. He was about to type out a reply to her when two voices caused him to pause and look up from his desk. Harvey Specter was right there, standing directly in front of Mike Ross' cubicle. Mike Ross, who had been quiet for most of the morning, lost in his research or whatever the fuck he was doing. Kyle couldn't be bothered to care; he had his own cases to worry about.
"The Drexton's have filed for a continuance for Susanna's case."
Kyle perked up because he'd learned a little more about this case during lunch yesterday. He knew that it had taken awhile for Susanna to file the lawsuit and before this she had had a lawyer, but an incompetent one. He knew that Harvey and Mike were trying to clean-up that mess in addition to preparing for a possible trial. He also knew that the Drexton's had filed for a continuance once before and gotten it. Kyle thought that if Susanna's former employers were smart, they'd settle because he thought she had a damn good case against them not to mention Harvey Specter on her side.
"Again?"
"Yes again and the judge is most likely going to grant it," Specter muttered, he didn't sound pleased. Mike cursed. Kyle risked eying them closer. "You need to find me a reason to stop the continuance or to convince the idiots to settle already."
"They won't settle unless she agrees not to talk to the media," Mike replied. "They've already stated that and she'll refuse to comply."
"Why?"
"Because she says that everyone should know what hypocrites the company is," Mike pointed down. "And they are. They preach about having tolerance for their employees but the second someone breaches their 'family friendly' image like Susanna did, they're out."
Kyle watched in fascination as Mike stood at some wordless command, and Kyle was not seething, no he was not, but how the fuck did Ross and Specter do that? No one he knew did that, but there they were and...Kyle stopped thinking to watch some more.
"The chances are this continuance is going to go through, see if you can find me a reason to stop it," Harvey Specter demanded. "The order is in my office, read it, and then find something."
