Lawyers were like priests in that world, Eddie soon discovered, the secular priests of the Other Side. In the privacy of their lawyers’ offices, people told stories of deeds, failures, and betrayals that were too horrible to mention even in a real confessional. People came into Eddie’s office and told him what they thought about when they couldn’t sleep at night. They told him sad stories, shameful stories, brutal stories, even funny stories. But they were always stories of misery, greed, fear, and stupidity. They were stories that would break your heart, if you let them.
