Boston to Baltimore Shuttle

It's been a few weeks but they've been busy ones -- and that's good news in my line of work. If I'm not busy then it means I'm not making money, and if I'm not making money, well... like everyone else, I need to eat.

I did let my former client's sister hire me. In some ways it may have been a conflict of interest but, given that her brother was no longer my client and that he ticked me off by taking a lack of me finding anything as some sort of proof, I decided to have her ink a contract. Of course all hell broke loose and this time it was my former client banging down my office door. Oh, how I just love the drama.

Basically, I've been working this month on tracking down the province of their family heirlooms. We're talking about items that should be in a museum somehwhere, predating the Revolutionary War. There wasn't exactly a Boston-to-Baltimore shuttle back then but segments of this family moved between the two areas for a number of years. I'll provide a little more detail when I feel it's appropriate to disclose. Right now the case is still too sensitive.

Something Out of Nothing

Unbelievable. I thought I came away with nothing during my trip to Baltimore, but when I showed my client the records I found (or lack thereof) he was ecstatic. I shrugged as he went on his merry way. I got paid, after all.

A week later his sister barged into my office and blasted me for causing a family crisis. With the "lack of evidence" he declared ownership over a collection of family heirlooms. I told her it was a matter for the courts but she demanded I "right" my "wrong."

I'm still debating what I should do but I suppose I could always charge her...