It'd be more interesting to know whether Nick bothered telling Melton about any of this in his bullshit updates about Johnson being the one difficult to reach. I guess you get what you pay for!
He quite possibly didn't tell Melton shit. He certainly was selling a bill of goods to the Steel Toe Begging Show subreddit under his Early-Leopard persona. They may be slowly starting to wake up to that fact now.
There is something else though...
Eight days ago, there was this:
Archive
I didn't think much of it at the time, but it makes a
lot more sense now in the context you just provided.
It seems ridiculous to use Randazza (or someone similar) for a fucking HRO, but if Lewis has had to absorb all of most of White's caseload, he is probably extremely overburdened at this point, and potentially ill equipped to handle Nick's case. Lewis is also less experienced than White. Albeit only by three years (White was admitted to the Bar in 2014, and Lewis in 2017). Moreover, Nick is almost certainly gonna start screeching again about "muh freeze peach" in light of today's order (some of the Meltonites and Balldoguards already are).
Problem with that, of course, is that Randazza (or someone similar) is likely a
hell of a lot more expensive than either Lewis or White.
I
would ask whether Nick would, in a moment of panic, decide to spend "Randazza money" on this bullshit (he
could just stop being a fag and agree to have nothing to do with Aaron anymore), but his mommy has money, and he's obsessed with destroying his ex-boyfriend, so I think I needn't really ask.
Either way, I think, regardless of what he's been saying outwardly, Nick might not be fancying his chances with Lewis.