Chapter Mera Corporation Fights Back
Daphne had everyone together—Dom, Reggie, and James—in Wilderness Outreach’s office.
“While we were away, the Mera Corporation’s legal team wasn’t sitting back. As soon as they could, they filed for extensions. It looks like they wanted to keep on pushing this forward.
“Thankfully, there were some high-profile political leaders who were looking at the case and putting pressure on the justice system to get a speedy result.” Daphne smiled. If they want to play rough, we can too.
“They also sent a round of people talking to the community and looking to get them to drop the case and give them a sum of money. I’m not going to lie. It appears that a number of people took this and it has weakened our case.” Daphne frowned.
“The courts are pushing for us to be in court for us to present all of our facts in six weeks. At that time, we will be able to put real pressure on them. This case won’t be simple and it’s going to be high profile, so we need to make sure that we’re covered.”
The others nodded. They didn’t want to lose the case due to negligence.
“How is it looking for us?” Dom asked.
“We’ve got the soil samples and we’ve got the health results. We’re looking good. The fact is that the people in the community who took the money already won’t be able to say anything, and we will have to remove them from the case as well as their medical data, which will make this harder but not impossible,” Daphne said. “The biggest thing was that the corporation’s extensions didn’t continue and they are being forced to come to court. This is no small matter and it gives us more power with the immediacy of it all.”
“Then we’ll see them in court in six weeks.” James stood. “Good work, you two. You guys and your team have done some amazing work. I know that we and the people remaining are thankful that we have you on our side.”
“It’s why you pay us the big bucks.” Daphne smiled as the meeting came to a close.
Daphne and Reggie were seen to the elevator lobby by James and Dom.
They reached the lobby when Daphne got a text message.
You’ll kick their ass in the trial. Do you want to come over for dinner tomorrow?
Daphne smiled and started to type out a reply.
“James?” Reggie asked casually.
“Hmm?” Daphne looked up from her phone.
“You two—very sneaky,” Reggie said with a knowing look.
“Better not say anything,” Daphne said.
“Looks like it’s serious. I was wondering what you two were doing when you wandered off at that gala,” Reggie said with a saucy wink as they left the Outreach building and hailed down a taxi.
“We weren’t doing that. We needed to figure things out,” Daphne said.
“Too bad.” Reggie pouted before holding up a finger as Daphne was about to speak. “Don’t worry, dear. Not a word from these lips.” He made a zipping motion over his mouth.
“Thank you. If this came out, then the Mera Corporation would try to file something to get both of us to look bad,” Daphne said, knowing she was treading a thin line.
“I can just imagine what the kids are going to look like!” Reggie said, getting an unamused look from Daphne.