"Yeah, that's true, there's no Monday whiteboard wipe for this," Jack acknowledged, "and you're not wrong about what the lawyers are going to do to you. They're called sharks for a reason and even the one you're paying for is going to be taking chunks out of you just to combat whatever shit the other lawyer's gonna pull. His lawyer's job is to make sure his client looks innocent and that's going to mean throwing as much blame shade your way as he can imply or outright say. It's going to get really ugly, Sparkle. His lawyer's going to make you look .. really bad. The other shit, the arson, they're not gonna try to make you look bad, they're just gonna try not to let the abuse excuse it. They won't be insinuating shit, but this asshole's lawyer? He's gonna. A burned down house don't have a reputation to protect but this asshole? Does."