Capítulo 8: Penny's guilt
Because of long-term good exercise and living habits, Martin's physical strength is relatively top among ordinary people.
After lingering for two hours, the two who were naked and sweating finally gave up.
"Martin...you're always the best..."
Caroline gasped as she expressed her afterthoughts.
Martin leaned on the pillow without speaking, just watched the ceiling and slowly passed through this somewhat empty sage time.
Half an hour later, the two of them took a shower and ate lunch from the hotel in the room with towels wrapped around them.
Seeing Caroline casually poking at the steak on the plate, Martin finally couldn't hold back: "What are you going to do next?"
Caroline nodded: "You saw it too, first go to that restaurant to be a poor waiter, at least still alive, and then see if I can save some money to do business. After all, I also graduated from Wharton Business School."
Martin hesitated for a moment and asked, "You know you're from Wharton, why would you think of going to Brooklyn to find a job?"
"Last night I searched for 'a place where people in Manhattan would never go', and that restaurant was the first." Caroline raised her eyebrows pretending to be free and easy: "You know, I'm a big trouble now, this country won't If there are legitimate companies willing to hire me, where else can I go other than to be a restaurant waiter in Brooklyn?"
Martin thought for a moment, then nodded with a sigh.
This time Mr. Channing's troubles have a wide range of influence. As his daughter, Caroline Channing, although she doesn't know what his father did, and she won't have any legal troubles, but so many rich It was impossible for a powerful victim not to take anger on her.
In other words, Caroline has been regarded as a "social death".
From now on, she can't get a credit card or work in a normal company. Even if Martin wants to help her introduce her, no one wants to get involved with the daughter of a financial fraudster, which will easily affect her credit record.
"Caroline, I can't help you very much right now, but if you need money for an emergency or..."
"Don't be like this Martin!" Caroline shook her head immediately: "I'm very grateful that you can help me vouch for the boss and keep me from living on the streets tonight."
"But I can't live my whole life on you, can I?"
"I have nothing left now, let me keep my last dignity, please..."
Martin was silent for a while, and finally nodded: "You decide, but if you can't make it, or just want to chat with someone, remember to call me..."
Speaking of which, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
After saying sorry, Martin got up and walked to the side to pick up the phone: "Leonard?"
"Hi, Martin." Leonard's voice was a little low on the other end of the phone. "Are you free? Sheldon and I are having some trouble."
Martin frowned. "What happened?"
"You know, Penny broke up with her ex-boyfriend and was kicked out by that bastard. She had a bed she liked before taking the quilt away. Sheldon and I tried to help, but the bastard took ours off. Pants..."
Martin felt a drop of cold sweat fall from his forehead: "You mean you're standing on the street with your bare butts right now?"
"There are panties!" The voice on the phone became a little nervous: "Hey, can you come over? All I can think of is you."
"Give me the address," Martin said into the phone. "Do you need me to bring you and Sheldon's pants?"
"That's the best!"
Hanging up the phone, Martin explained it to Caroline, then quickly dressed and left the hotel.
More than half an hour later, Martin got out of a taxi on another street in Queens and was greeted by two scientific wretched men whose lower bodies were missing.
"The size may not be the right one, so I'll take it."
Martin handed over two pairs of trousers he bought on the road, then turned his head to look, pointed to the opposite room and asked, "Is this?"
Leonard and Sheldon nodded and recounted what had happened. To sum up, Penny's ex-boyfriend is very strong, and he can't beat two.
Martin shook his head speechlessly, walked directly to the gate and rang the doorbell.
"You two bastards want to be stripped naked by me and..."
A handsome, muscular man opened the door cursingly, only to find that in addition to the two weak chickens just now, there was a man in a suit and leather shoes standing at the door.
"Who are you? The man of these two pussies?"
Martin frowned. "Are you Penny's ex-boyfriend?"
"uh-huh..."
Penny's ex-boyfriend was about to make a mockery, but Martin wasn't about to give him the chance: "Do you know what's going to happen next?"
Penny's ex-boyfriend looked at Martin like a fool.
Martin didn't care, pushed Penny's ex-boyfriend away and walked into the living room, looked left and right, then turned around and said, "You will be sued by Penny for illegally embezzling other people's property..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Penny's boyfriend rushed up with his fist clenched.
Martin flashed and punched Penny's boyfriend in the stomach, causing him to kneel on the ground and gag.
"I have practiced boxing for seven years, and I have five years of Maga fighting, so I suggest you don't fight me easily."
Martin took out a business card from his arms and put it on the coffee table: "Introduce yourself, I'm Martin Scott, a lawyer at Pearson Hardman Law Firm."
"How is that possible?" Penny's ex-boyfriend raised his head in disbelief. "It's just a quilt. How could she hire a lawyer for a quilt that costs less than thirty dollars?"
"Penny is my friend, and I'd love to help her for free."
Martin shook his head indifferently: "Of course, if you lose the case, you will need to pay my attorney fees in full."
"You kicked two well-meaning Columbia physics PhDs out of the house and stripped their pants. That's enough evidence that you didn't want to return Penny's quilt. Trust me, you lost the case. ."
"Friendly reminder, my consultation fee is $400 an hour, and the whole case may cost $3,000. If you don't have the money, you can get a lawsuit loan, and they will give you a discount for my sake."
"This is ridiculous!" Penny's boyfriend knew that Martin was telling the truth, but he couldn't accept it anyway.
For a quilt less than 30 dollars, you have to carry a lawsuit loan of nearly 3,000 dollars?
Martin smiled and patted the man on the ground on the shoulder: "If you could be kind to my friend, none of this would happen at all."
After speaking, Martin turned and walked towards the door.
"Hey guy!"
Martin stopped and turned to look at the man on the ground.
"Is there any other way?" Penny's ex-boyfriend turned ashen: "Me and Penny...I didn't cheat, we just didn't get along...break up. I was also frustrated after that, so I was a little impulsive when they came..."
Martin stood in place with his hands in his pockets and listened to his rambled pleas, his face remained lukewarm and could not see any change.
It's just that Penny's boyfriend became more and more desperate as he talked, and it seemed that he was about to break down.
"Okay." Martin decided to let him go after seeing the fire. "Take the quilt and go to the apartment with the two guys you stripped naked, and apologize to the three of them. I need to know about them before I get off work at night. Forgive you, understand?"
Penny's boyfriend felt pulled back from the edge of the cliff: "You...will you give me a chance?"
"You didn't kill them again." Martin shook his head, turned and was about to leave, but suddenly stopped.
"By the way, the consultation fee for talking to you is four hundred dollars, but you have to reimburse me for the round-trip fare. Is there a problem?"
"No, no, how much?"
Penny's boyfriend shook his head wildly.
Martin took out the receipt for the ride from his trouser pocket: "Thirty-seven one way, seventy-four round-trip, no tip, any questions?"
Penny's boyfriend suddenly became a little strange: "You are a barrister, do you even want to hack me for ten dollars?"
"Ten dollars? What do you mean?" Martin felt a little baffled.
"Isn't three multiplied by two six? How could it be seven? How dare you say you didn't hack me?"
Damn, this idiot hasn't even read junior high school!
Martin silently took out his phone, took out the calculator, and threw it to Penny's boyfriend.
"Calculate it yourself, and, I've changed my mind now, remember to add the six-dollar tip!"
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