> “... send me those final forms, it seems we don’t have your signed contract.” > “I'm really not at all wild about that idea,” I wrote back. > More forcefull

> “... send me those final forms, it seems we don’t have your signed contract.” > “I'm really not at all wild about that idea,” I wrote back. > More forcefully she wrote back: “I’m having legal call you to straighten this out.” “Feel free to email.” > They never contacted me again A hidden lesson in asking for demands in writing. If she had said, “feel free to call”, they would have tried to intimidated her over the phone, with near-violent threats that likely would not stand up in a court of law. But her saying “email” showed to these vultures that she knew the power of the paper trail. So they disappeared, rather than risk exposure.