dave had been thirty -tow , sarah twenty-eight when they married .
a while lace tablecloth on the dining room table still looked as if it hadrecieved sarah 's touch , and the green upholstered chair and ottoman with its own reading lamp across the room had obviously been hers . the trest of the room had a shoddy stained look , and smelled like somebody slept in it .
theweck on the recliner pressed the remote control . the TV went black . dave hanna shifted around , saying ." this better be good ."
"a settlement offer usually is ," nina said ." may i ? " she took sarah 's chir . roger pullled out a couple of straigt chairs from the table , and he and chelsi sat down . now they ha a sewing circle going , only dave was clearly a stitch short today , eyes downcast , he cratched his neck . nina would bet he had already tossed down a couple of beers this morning .
she glanced again at the wedding icture . a traditional male . yes , but he had lost the woman most important in his life . grief killed some people , shew thiought , along with : you take the client as you find him , unless he or she is too far gone to reach at all . nina opened her briefcase .
"it's formal offer , made in good faith , i think ." she said ." but it isn't much to compensate you for the loss of your wife , mr . hanna . a total of fifty thousand dollars ." she recapped her visit to the puckett mansion and bova's proposal to add to the insurance company's offer ." we have until tuesday before court to accept or reject . or counteroffer ."
"not enough ." roger said ." obvoiusly ."
"it may be close to all they have to offer ." nina said ."bova brought the ace high out of bankruptcy three years ago . he has tax liens against him as an individual . his home in clinine is mortagaged heavily . the motel isn't exax=ctly flying high as a business."
a while lace tablecloth on the dining room table still looked as if it hadrecieved sarah 's touch , and the green upholstered chair and ottoman with its own reading lamp across the room had obviously been hers . the trest of the room had a shoddy stained look , and smelled like somebody slept in it .
theweck on the recliner pressed the remote control . the TV went black . dave hanna shifted around , saying ." this better be good ."
"a settlement offer usually is ," nina said ." may i ? " she took sarah 's chir . roger pullled out a couple of straigt chairs from the table , and he and chelsi sat down . now they ha a sewing circle going , only dave was clearly a stitch short today , eyes downcast , he cratched his neck . nina would bet he had already tossed down a couple of beers this morning .
she glanced again at the wedding icture . a traditional male . yes , but he had lost the woman most important in his life . grief killed some people , shew thiought , along with : you take the client as you find him , unless he or she is too far gone to reach at all . nina opened her briefcase .
"it's formal offer , made in good faith , i think ." she said ." but it isn't much to compensate you for the loss of your wife , mr . hanna . a total of fifty thousand dollars ." she recapped her visit to the puckett mansion and bova's proposal to add to the insurance company's offer ." we have until tuesday before court to accept or reject . or counteroffer ."
"not enough ." roger said ." obvoiusly ."
"it may be close to all they have to offer ." nina said ."bova brought the ace high out of bankruptcy three years ago . he has tax liens against him as an individual . his home in clinine is mortagaged heavily . the motel isn't exax=ctly flying high as a business."
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