"Listen trainee, we're not running a charity here. I'm sure you feel bad for her, but you have to be more cutthroat if you want to make it here. I didn't make partner by feeling sorry for the little guys. Does this look like the kind of case Dante Barone would take?"

I hand her back the documents she just put on my desk. "Now, go tell that nice lady we won't be able to help her."