A New Journey............. A Little Theory

Part One

I had a theory about BG and WF's intentions. By now I believed they wanted to get the horse for nothing, or practically nothing anyway. Either it had turned out to be more work than BG had planned or he had put as much into it as he was willing or maybe even a little of both. Either way he didn't want to give up keeping Storm and he figured he didn't have to. Certainly he figured he done enough work he "should" get the horse even if it wasn't the amount he'd agreed to do. When the numbers didn't add up, he concocted numbers thinking he could get away with it.

Because he was offended that I had questioned him about paying the horse off, BG was certainly willing to go to a lawyer. I had no doubt about that. What I doubted was where WF stood in all of this. Everything I had seen suggested WF got what she wanted regardless of what BG thought, felt or needed. If it wasn't important to her personally, it wasn't going to happen. I figured WF wanted the horse but not if it was going to really cost them.

Since that was my belief, I suspected that WF would go along with BG as long as it didn't really cost them anymore than she was prepared to spend. They had probably figured I would be intimidated by the letter from their attorney and that I would just give up because they certainly knew I couldn't afford to retain one myself.

The initial dollars to retain their lawyer had probably not been substantial because the attorney believed the case was cut and dried. The attorney didn't expect to be conducting a court case. Based on what BG and WF had told her, that is how it looked. WF had probably figured it wasn't worth fighting with BG over that amount so she went along with it thinking maybe it would work for them.

Once the case went beyond being a simple black and white thing, the amount of money required was going up but still I suspected that was ok with WF as long as it didn't go up much. As long as the attorney still had no idea of the scope of the case, she would still believe it wasn't going to cost them "that much." It still evidently was within the scope of the amount involved to keep BG happy and within WF's comfort zone so the case had continued.

I suspect they believed they could influence the court the same way they had influenced their attorney. She had been easy to convince that I didn't have a leg to stand on, but then they had not shared everything they knew about the case. They had only shared what they wanted her to know and she'd made her decision based upon that.

I believe they are so used to/comfortable with manipulating the facts to fit their version of things they saw nothing wrong with this approach. It just didn't occur to them that anyone would listen to what I had to say or that it was even important. Had they thought otherwise they would have provided that information to their attorney in the first place. Instead they left her crippled with their distorted version of things. Yet, they believed that was more than adequate and that it would work for them.

If their attorney said it was an easy case even though she had made that call based on misinformation, that meant nothing to them. What mattered what that she had said what they wanted to hear. Then that's what it would be because they were, after all entitled. An easy case meant an easy win and they would have the horse without having to do what they had promised me. What they hadn't counted on was my determination and the fact the court would be prepared for another side to the story and it would expect to give that side a voice as well.

WF might have been prepared to indulge BG some but not enough to interfere with her lifestyle in anyway. Obviously the costs quoted to get the job done were still within that realm. However, I knew the devil was in the details and this case was loaded with them. That was going to affect the case and its costs in a manner that I believed would be beyond what WF would be willing to pay.

I also knew that appearances play a big part in how WF navigates the world. She believes the way to maintain them is to fly under the radar as much as possible and to not make waves. I thought if I could regain possession of the horse in the replevin action, even if there was still a dispute to be settled, the case itself would become more expensive than WF was willing to pay in more ways that just money.

If the court returned the horse to me, even if there was still a court case to be resolved, it would put the spotlight on them. I believed that WF wouldn't like having that kind of attention on her because it could raise questions and might even change people's perceptions of them. I figured that would up the ante for what this case would cost WF.

Because of that I really hoped I'd be able to get possession of the horse at the hearing that was coming up. That had been the whole purpose of requesting an order of replevin. It was imperative to me to put that additional pressure on them because it would alter WF's comfort zone. I knew that could change how she much she was willing to accommodate BG and hopefully speed up this case..

Still I worked at this it like I was going to trial. I knew enough about the process to know that, if the replevin was not successful or if WF didn't respond to it as I expected if it was granted, I would have to provide all my evidence to the opposing counsel and doing that was going to take some time. I figured it wouldn't be until we reached that point that their attorney would really understand the scope of this action and her clients would learn it was going to cost them more than they'd originally expected. Then the most important pressure would be applied. That would be when WF perceived her pocketbook was taking a bigger hit than she was prepared to take.

The odds were that additional pressure probably wasn't going to happen until their attorney saw what my cards were. In the meantime I hoped I would be granted a return of the horse to my custody while the case continued. I knew if that didn't happen, we were probably in this for the long haul and I was really hoping to avoid that.

I believed strongly, right from the beginning of my time with BG, this had been about getting the horse for as little as possible. WF and BG wouldn't pay what the horse was worth to an attorney or to me. It was about getting the horse without cash outlay of any kind and no more effort than necessary. Once the cost incurred for a lawyer pushed beyond that amount WF was willing to incur, I suspected this thing would be over.

To be continued.............

The Replevin Hearing........

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