" the company said no for a ong time . but in the last two days they offered to make pay out ."
"what is the policy limit ?"
"they offered twenty five thousand , and we'll dropp our claim for attorney 's fee s ."
"i see ," nina said .
hector brought over another bottle of beer for his wife . she gave him a pat . she had not touched the first beer after the initial toast .her mug now stood on the coffee ytable like warnings to nina not to relax too much ," it's all standard stuff ," betty jo said to nina .
"standard ? one , you won't tell me their limit , and two , the offer's a pittance ," ah , she loved this tea . what in the world was in it to creat an effect so relaxing yet sop exciting ? she felt a sneaky sympathy for betty jo , who was doing her damnedest to settle the case for a miserly amount of money , and who would not succeed unless she found more . for a moment , she wondered if hector would go for as to spike her tea somehow .
no . it was just wonderedful tea .
betty jo looked at jimmy bova , now sitting beside her on the sofa . e shrugged . then he turned his yellow eyes toward nina . they now held nothing personal .
"jimmy 's just getting by . but he can put a little in too , from his personal account , now , let me explain something about the way i practice law . i really think the way the men do it , with all the dicking - excuse me , i mean dickering , around , and the heehawing and trying to score points , is a waste of energy . what i do is this , i make my last and final offer the first time around . and i stick to it , it never goes up . because i've already out out everything i can.
"a good attrney on the other side , she's going to appreciate efficient that is . it takes a little trust to work . i know i don't got my reputation established up here in the mountains .
"what is the policy limit ?"
"they offered twenty five thousand , and we'll dropp our claim for attorney 's fee s ."
"i see ," nina said .
hector brought over another bottle of beer for his wife . she gave him a pat . she had not touched the first beer after the initial toast .her mug now stood on the coffee ytable like warnings to nina not to relax too much ," it's all standard stuff ," betty jo said to nina .
"standard ? one , you won't tell me their limit , and two , the offer's a pittance ," ah , she loved this tea . what in the world was in it to creat an effect so relaxing yet sop exciting ? she felt a sneaky sympathy for betty jo , who was doing her damnedest to settle the case for a miserly amount of money , and who would not succeed unless she found more . for a moment , she wondered if hector would go for as to spike her tea somehow .
no . it was just wonderedful tea .
betty jo looked at jimmy bova , now sitting beside her on the sofa . e shrugged . then he turned his yellow eyes toward nina . they now held nothing personal .
"jimmy 's just getting by . but he can put a little in too , from his personal account , now , let me explain something about the way i practice law . i really think the way the men do it , with all the dicking - excuse me , i mean dickering , around , and the heehawing and trying to score points , is a waste of energy . what i do is this , i make my last and final offer the first time around . and i stick to it , it never goes up . because i've already out out everything i can.
"a good attrney on the other side , she's going to appreciate efficient that is . it takes a little trust to work . i know i don't got my reputation established up here in the mountains .
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