Anyone But You by KG MacGregor

Author:KG MacGregor [MacGregor, KG]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2014-06-15T12:00:00+00:00

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“Right this way, Miss Pilardi.”

Stacie followed Matt Stevenson’s receptionist to a conference room, where Jenn and the attorney were already waiting. Several documents were spread out awaiting her signature.

“You’re not going to believe what just happened,” Matt said. “I called the sheriff’s office this morning and told them we were making a property claim for eighteen thousand and change. They said to bring it over, they’d review it and cut a check. When I mentioned physical injuries, they offered an extra six thousand dollars for us to waive any and all future claims against their department related to this incident.”

Jenn pumped her fist triumphantly. “Sounds like their lawyers didn’t think much of that show of force. They aren’t used to having somebody fight back.”

“It’s more than that,” Stacie said. “I think their paid thugs inside the department got cold feet all of a sudden. It was fun while they were roughing up a bunch of tree-huggers, but then Colleen Murray got hurt. My guess is they’re crying foul, and this payment is coming directly from Nations Oil as hush money.”

Matt nodded thoughtfully. “That all fits. By the way, their offer for the cabin just jumped to half a million. Not bad for eight hundred square feet. How soon can your friends be out?”

“Another week?”

She’d picked up Izzy’s samples this morning and divided them into two sets. One she’d deliver this afternoon to the Department of Health in St. Paul, and another—just to hedge her bets in case Nations Oil tried to buy off even more officials—to a private lab that offered environmental mitigation services. Both contacts were provided by one of her well-connected donors. With the results in hand by the end of next week, they could go forward with an all-out media blitz against Nations Oil for acting in bad faith. If they made a big enough splash, the EPA would be forced to come down hard. Best of all, it would help their chances against the Caliber Pipeline.

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