After thinking about it for a while, Fudge explained: "This is considered legal aid, and there is no charge."
Luke snorted: "Okay, it seems that you have to wait for the treat."
The two paused again, and Fudge hurriedly said: "Tonight, just tonight, after get off work, we will invite you and Selena to the bar."
Luke nodded with a smile: "Okay then, we won't disturb your work, bye!"
Karen just happened to stand at the door with two boxes of things at this time, and said, "Luke, the cake you gave us last time was very good. You just came today, so you can take this back."
As she spoke, she handed the things in her hand to him.
Luke saw that there were two boxes of donuts.
Looking at the obviously ordinary packaging and the brand that I have never heard of, it should be another "thank you gift" from those neighbors to Fuji.
He couldn't laugh or cry, but he couldn't refuse.
He gritted his teeth and could only accept the joke he made.
Saying thank you, he said to Fudge and Matt: "You will contact me after get off work in the evening. Well, by the way, I wish you a prosperous business."
Then he took the two boxes of donuts and hurried away, otherwise Karen would think that this "return gift" was too light, and it would be troublesome to bring him two more boxes.
Leaving Fudge and Matt smiling wryly again.
In the past few days, their "business" here will definitely be very prosperous, but these "businesses" are not profitable.
Why does a police detective always like to say such heart-wrenching words!
Luke and Selena squeezed out of the office all the way, and got into the car outside the building before Selena wiped her forehead: "There are too many people here, I'm sweating."
Luke handed her two boxes of donuts casually: "Try it."
"What brand is this, why haven't I seen it before?" Selina said as she opened the box casually, picked one up and took a bite: "emumu! The taste is average, and it's too sweet."
Luke: "Give the gold nugget, doesn't it like sweet things the most?"
Selena thought about it, and threw the two boxes of donuts to the back seat: "Golden Nugget, these are all yours."
Gold Nugget: "Oh?"
Selena: "Stop complaining, it's sweet."
The gold nugget hesitated for a moment, but then spoke.
It is now increasingly picky about food, but mainly for salty and raw seafood.
Things like donuts, as a patient with severe sweet addiction, still can't refuse.
After successfully dumping two boxes of sweet donuts to a bottomless pit-level gold nugget, Selena asked: "Fudge and the others don't look like helping people with a lawsuit, but rather like doing volunteer work. If they don't make money, they will take it." What about paying rent, utilities and property management. You seemed to say yesterday that their bills are full?"
Luke drove the car through the back door and parked it in the garage on the first floor: "Just ask them at night."
Selena: "You seem to appreciate them both?"
Luke hehe: "Among the lawyers we have met, these two should rank among the top three in character, and what American lawyers lack the most is character."
Selena was speechless.
To use a common saying to describe it: if you shoot all the lawyers in the United States, you will be wronged, but if you shoot half of them, there will be too many fish that slip through the net.
Lawyers with good character are as rare as capitalists who don't want to make money.
At 7:30 in the evening, Luke received a call from Fudge, inviting him and Selena to drink at Jesse's bar on the corner of the street.
Luke and Selena went out quickly, and entered the nearest bar within two minutes of walking.
The bar business is average, there are not too many people, and the business in the Clinton area is not very good.
The three giants of the firm were right in front of the bar, and Luke walked over to sit next to them.
The three of Fudge looked a little tired, but they were in good spirits, talking and laughing happily.
Seeing Luke and Luke, all three greeted with smiles.
Fudge waved his hand generously: "Just order, I will treat you tonight."
Luke took a slight breath through his nose, and he smelled the high imitation smell of the whiskey in front of Fudge.
Looking at the wine glass, a gray-black "olive" was thrown. Luke felt that either the olive was moldy, or it wasn't an olive at all.
He said quickly: "Corona beer, two bottles."
The proprietress in a red and black checkered shirt turned her head and looked at him: "Are you an adult? I think I need to see your driver's license first, so don't show me your student ID card."
Luke smiled and looked at Fudge.
Fudge: "Jesse, he's my friend, how could he be underage, just drink."
Jessie pouted: "You don't look like an adult either. Except for your face, of course."
Fudge: "…"
After giving Fudge a critical blow, the proprietress Jessie opened two bottles of Corona and put them in front of Luke and the others.
She also had a good impression of Luke's tender face, so she said something.
Otherwise, in Clinton District, no one cares about underage hay grass, and the devil cares about whether Luke drinks or not.
The five chatted like this, talking about the "unprecedented grand occasion" of the office today.
Luke listened, and suddenly said: "According to what you said, most of them mainly want to repair the house, right?"
Fudge took a sip of his own whiskey: "That's right."
Luke rubbed his chin: "Tell me, wouldn't it be better to help them find a cheap house repair company?"
Fudge shook his head when he heard this: "Impossible. There is no cheap repair company in New York. Just repairing a door will cost at least one or two hundred dollars, which is not cheap."
Luke: "Then, how about setting it up yourself and finding a few locals?"
Both Fudge and Matt didn't understand: "Native?"
What does this have to do with natives? Local people also want to make money at work, and it is impossible to do good deeds.
Luke: "In fact, maintenance companies need profits to maintain their own operations and hire workers. The price cannot be too low. We can cut expenses from these two aspects."
Fudge: "Tell me."
Luke: "If you find some locals to help, and then hire a few skilled workers from outside, then there will be no maintenance company to make money from it. If you just hire workers, the maintenance cost will be much lower."
Fudge shook his head repeatedly when he heard this: "Impossible. Even if you hire someone here, it won't be much cheaper."
Luke chuckled: "I only know two candidates, and I can ask them to help. They are also very familiar with transporting and loading and unloading construction materials."
Fudge didn't understand for a while, but Matt's expression changed: "You mean, Charlie and Laka?"
Luke nodded: "It's them, and this matter can be directly discussed with Temple and Laka's mother, and let them work in the name of community volunteers. It just so happens that this time it is also a charity fund."
Matt and Fudge both frowned and thought.
Luke proposed this because Charlie and Laka were minors, and hiring them would cause trouble.
Once this matter starts, it will be a very formal project.
Fudge and his firm are also going to come forward, so these legal issues must be considered even more.