From a recorder placed under table 6 at The Jake’s

Irrelevant sections omitted. Entered into evidence, day 2, Hargraeves vs Kliest.

8:08
Monday – …you long enough, Frankie boy.
Davis – Sorry Billy. What’s yours?
Monday – The house beer is fine.

8:11
Davis – Right. So, what’s your plan?
Monday – Well, we need Peet.
Davis – How did I know you were going to say that?
Monday – Because we do. You know we do.
Davis – Not yet. He’s our big gun.
Monday – And we need him. Greta’s already pulled out hers – or why do you think we’ve got Corny sitting in on our meeting?
Davis – I’m not sure she did. There’s something weird there if you ask me.
Monday – The why doesn’t matter. He’s there, we need to match him.
Davis – No we don’t. We should wait, and not call him in until we need him.
Monday – I see your point. But what if we wait too long?
Davis – I don’t think we will. Greta’s on our side in this.
Monday – Are you sure?
Davis – Trust me. I know women.
Monday – Uh huh. That’s why you’re with Hailey.
Davis – Low blow.
Monday – I call ‘em like I see ‘em, Frank.
Davis – Anyway. Leave Greta to me. I’ll get her to come around.
Monday – Yeah? And how do you plan to counter whatever pressure Corny’s bringing to bear? He outranks us.
Davis – He outranks us in finance, so we don’t go that way. We play to our strengths instea–

(The recording breaks off at this point. It appears that something was spilt on the receiver, preventing it from picking up any sound undistorted enough to be coherent.)