Chapter 7 - MARGARET'S BEST DEFENSE
Margaret hired excellent counsel.
Lauren Pierce separated every issue.
Dog incident:
Margaret reacted badly to an animal approaching.
Security contract:
Wilson Community Advisory performed real services.
Invoice duplicates:
Sentinel’s accounting problem.
Conflict disclosure:
HOA policy at the time was ambiguous regarding indirect spouse-owned vendor relationships.
Strong.
Then Lauren attacked Emily.
Emily had access to preliminary HOA financial records.
After the dog incident, she discussed suspected overbilling with two neighbors.
Margaret called that:
retaliatory disclosure.
Emily’s lawyer advised her:
“Stop talking.”
She did.
That was difficult.
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Margaret had kicked Buddy and was now calling Emily unstable.
But evidence had to survive anger.
