A month passed. Kenji met with the attorney for the association, Mr. Talbert.
He wore a large smile and told Kenji, “We’re going to stick this up their ass. State law is absolutely clear: the general contractor is responsible for any job, and if the sub-contractor goes out of business or is recalled by its home planet, the general contractor is responsible. Period. Overall, they do good work except when things go wrong, and the roof is wrong. A number of shortcuts were done.” He kept talking like he wasn’t breathing. Kenji stayed quiet, enjoying it. “When things go to s**t, they like to throw lawyers at the situation. I guarantee, if we hadn’t taken the case, they would have maneuvered you with a long list of legal delays and motions. You would run out of money and settle for pennies on t
