LIAM
Gerald called two days before the meeting.
"Sophia Reyes contacted me this morning," he said. "She wanted me to know, her words, that what she's bringing to that table Friday is not something we want to contest."
"She's bluffing," I said.
"Sophia Reyes doesn't bluff, Liam. In eleven years I have never seen her bluff." Gerald's voice had the particular flatness of a man delivering something he wished he didn't have to. "I'm advising you to be prepared to sign."
"Prepared to sign," I repeated. "Based on a phone call from opposing counsel."
"Based on eleven years of knowing when a case is over before it starts."
"I don't know what she has."
"Neither do I. That's the point." He stopped. "When Sophia Reyes calls to warn you, it means she doesn't need to. It means she's confident en
