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Jones & Ramirez wasn’t what April expected from a Samson Bennett company She expected ice-cold conference rooms and ice-cold eols would have been jealous In actuality, theaspect of her work environment was that most her coworkers had known one another for years, and she felt a bit like an outsider With the exception of Hutchinson, the rest of her tea traditions, and knew the names of one another’s children and pets
“I know fences are popular, Don,” Jessie argued, “but I’ve yet to see them actually work as a deterrent to crime”
“That isn’t the point,” Hutchinson said, leaning back in his chair with a frown “The point is the façade of the front The look of it”
“I think a crime deterrent would be of so in Houstonin an area that doesn’t have a relatively high cri a sweat I wasn’t thrilled about it paying 575 ato pay thousands of dollars to rent someplace with just the ‘façade’ of safety” Jessie smiled, and both women looked at Hutchinson
“I think our tenants will be able to afford a security system” Hutchinson looked at April strictly
April twirled her pen “Dunno That’s kind of a cold comfort when you can’t keep your balconyopen because dudes are ju up there”
“People cannot jump up on your balcony,” Hutchinson scoffed
“Oh, they can And they do, if you don’t plan the patio and the balcony well enough I tell ya, it’s no fun waking up on your day off to see solass ”
Garcia turned sharply “Did that really happen?”
“It did, but once he saw s” April sketched out the arrange we can’t do what you want, Don Of course, ant it to look good! But I agree with Jessie that we’ve really got to consider functionality here” She held the design up and showed theet into their complex
Hutchinson stood and put his hands on his hips “I won’t design this complex like a prison”
“I don’t think you have to do that We just have to coes criminals from the outset, and an interior that’s not particularly easy to sniff around” April started to sketch again, and Jessie leaned over her shoulder Hutchinson was annoyed, but he leaned in as the tea