Will Dunar drop it? Amos' expression told her what he thought before he said it. He'll push it to the commissioner's level if he can. He's not going to admit he was wrong. A pause.
He's going to try to make it cost you time. Then we keep building the record, she said. Settlement documentation, witness statements. Did you? He pulled another folded paper from his jacket.
Three separate statements she saw when she opened it. Each one dated and specific. Amos' was the longest, three dense paragraphs in handwriting that was small and precise. Nothing wasted. Jesse's was two sentences, spare and factual.
Tommy's was a paragraph and a half and contained the phrase most level corner joints I have personally witnessed on any first built structure in this territory which she read twice. Tommy insisted on including that. Amos said I know she said I could have predicted that he said it was relevant. He was right that it was relevant. She folded the statements carefully and set them with Cole's document.
Did you speak to Garrett? I did. Didn't retain him on your behalf. I told him the situation and asked what the process looked like. He paused.
He said if Cole's statement holds and the settlement record is solid, a formal contest by Dunar would likely fail at the commissioner's review without going to court. How likely is likely. His word was probably, which in legal terms means he's confident but won't stake his reputation on it. Amos looked at her. He also said that if Dunar escalates and it goes to formal proceedings, your position is stronger with legal representation.
He said, "You should think about that sooner rather than later." Clara was quiet for a moment. She looked at the documents in her hand and thought about the thing she had been turning over for 2 days, looking at it from angles she did not like, arriving at the same place each time. "You're going to offer to pay for it," she said. "I'm telling you what Garrett said." Amos. He looked at her directly.