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    Melvin, the Philantropist

    Tina just shrugged and smiled. This conversation was an eye-opener for her. She was truly dumbfounded. Having only known Melvin Porter, as a cold-hearted homophobic philanderer that dismissed her very existence because he couldn’t accept his lesbian daughter’s lifestyle and disowned his other daughter because of substance abuse Tina couldn’t reconcile this persona with Melvin’s impeccable professional reputation.

    Nowhere in the public record was there any unconscionable conduct attributed to him or his firm that reflected his personal biases. His firm took on all hues of indigent clients regardless of age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or where they lived. They had criteria that protected them from aiding or abetting anyone involved in criminal acts but otherwise cases were tried based on merit and their commitment to bring about justice. This was a man she was proud to call her father-in-law and grandfather to her daughter.

    ***

    After formally meeting for a couple of hours, the group decided on lunch at a neighborhood bistro to continue their conversation. By the time they got back to the center Oscar was sold on the idea and eager to get started.

    “Melvin, I can’t thank you enough for this opportunity. Hilma will head the project, if you don’t mind walking her through the process.”

    He’d already assessed that Hilma was bright, energetic and well-organized. Not only would he help her with writing up the official grant request, but he would put her in touch with the Executive Director of the PMA Foundation to start gathering a list of west coast law firm partners.

    “It will be my honor. I’ll be at your service for as long as you need me. In fact, I could make personal introductions and get buy-ins once we narrow the list of partners.” Melvin responded.

    Tina had worked with non-profits and grants long enough to know setting up new programs at the scale of which Melvin and Oscar had discussed could take months if not years to be up and fully running even with financing and the network of legal experts that Melvin’s connections and foundation offered.

    Melvin never said how long he planned to stay in California other than waiting until after the baby was born, but offering up his time for this project sounded like he’d planned on being involved long-term which was news to Tina; her raised eyebrow registered the surprise, but Oscar and Hilma couldn’t be more pleased.

    Comments

    1. OK he’s growing on me!
      As you know though BAT I am acquainted with an awful lot of Lawyers! My world of Law was, of course, in the UK but ………

      I enjoyed the post but it has left me still a little anxious about his ultimate intentions – sorry :-)
      Thanks for the continuing posts BAT really enjoying them.
      SG

      • Hi SassyGran. Thank you. Glad to know he is growing on you. Don’t hold me to any of the law stuff being accurate, as I have no knowledge of it, but wanted Melvin to do something selfless. His original intension was to make up with Kit before he died, and to bring David back to her but all that changed after he found Tina pregnant. Now he wants to be a better person and have a chance at being a grandpa to Bette and Tina’s baby.

    2. Wonderful chapter, thank you very much. It is a pleasure to read something positive about Melvin and the family. Just guessing but, from reading between the lines and having clues from the story it looks as though he might have changed his mind about treatments. I won’t try to guess anymore than that but, thanks for writing him in for a little longer term than we first thought. Would love to see him turn helbitch inside out. That also means that we may get a chance to see Peggy P. show up in this story and what a meeting that would be, two old warhorses from the monied elite crossing swords. Should be very interesting. You haven’t mentioned whether they know of each other so I won’t even hazard a guess about that. Can’t remember now if it was on the show or someone’s story that they knew each other and had interactions of some sort. Anyway that should be a very interesting part of the story. So happy you’re back. Thanks for posting.

      • Hi Dainty. So glad to hear from you. You were always so intuitive about my story lines, I see that hasn’t changed. I considered Melvin and Peggy knowing each other as they would travel in the same social circle but decided against it since she and Bette are so close. However Peggy will make an appearance, and they just might join forces. Thanks for reading and commenting.

    3. Bibi28. Ha ha, not sure where the old Melvin went, but I like this new version. He’s going to do a lot of good for his family so has to stick around for a while. Thanks for reading and commenting.

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