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TAYLOR DONOVAN MAY have been new to Los Angeles, but she certainly recognized a line of bullshit when she heard one
It was 8:15 on a Monday —frankly, a bit early, in Taylor’swith this latest round of nonsense co counsel, Frank Siedlecki of the Equal Eeous sunnyin Southern California and her Starbucks had already begun to kick in, so she illing to play nice
Frank’s call had coe of her don LA office building After answering, she had let her opposing counsel go on for several hteousness of his clients’ position and how Taylor and her utterly nonrighteous client should consider theiven the chance to o away for a paltry 30 million But at a certain point, one could only take sophone call Luscious Starbucks or not
So Taylor had no choice but to cut Frank off nal to her cell phone as she stepped into the lobby elevator
“Frank, Frank,” she said in a fir to settle at those numbers You want all that money, just because your clients heard a few four-letter words in the workplace?”
She noticed then that an elderly couple had gotten into the elevator with her She smiled politely at them as she continued her phone conversation
“You know, if the EEOC’s going to ask for thirty million dollars in a sexual harassment case,” she told Frank, “at least tell me somebody was called a ‘slut’ or a ‘whore’ ”
Out of the corner of her eye, Taylor saw the elderly woman—seventy-five years old if she was a day—send her husband a disapproving look But then Frank began rattling on further about the so-called merits of the plaintiffs’ position
“I have to be honest, I’ hi of some very rabbed a boob”
Taylor noticed that the elderly couple was now subtly but quicklyaway from her, to the opposite end of the elevator
“Of course I’ you seriously,” she said in response to her opposing counsel’s question “We’re talking about thirty , her voice had a laughing tone, which experience had proven to be farto her opponents
Not seeing any reason to waste anotherthoughts
“Frank, this case is a publicity stunt and a shakedown My clients did nothing illegal, and you and I both know I’ll have no proble that to a jury So there’s no reason to discuss your ridiculous settlement offer any further Call me when somebody sees a penis”
Taylor slammed her cell phone shut for emphasis She slipped the phone into her briefcase and setically at the elderly couple They had their backs pressed against the elevator wall and were staring at her, ape