Complete: she sighed as the elevator dinged and the door opened onto the seventh floor . no matter how powerful a lawyer she might be , the outcome of helen 's case depended on matters outside cassandra white 's control . a janitor in blue overalls passed , and cassandra winked and called out to him , '' working hard , jesse ? '' jesse had a beer gut and waddled along , his eyes cast downward until he caught sight of
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