Eventually I found out how those extra services like that would eat through a retainer. Stella and Ted could afford to spend that kind of money as they had to expedite filing and serving me so quickly. That alone would have cost me an entire week's payday.

Anyway, there I was in the attorney's office watching him behind his desk reading through the paperwork that I brought him and taking notes. Then he asked me all kinds of questions. Finally, he gave me the bad news.

"John, I've been practicing law ten years and I can already tell you this is going to be one of the worst cases I've...