Chapter 1377 A White Witch Sacred Secret(Taboo/Incest):>Ep23
- Over the next 48 hours Sam and Barnes were still debating terms of the new contract. Barnes saw how Sam's concerns were serious, but he could not get around them so his options were limited. With time running out, Barnes felt his choices evaporating. Sam was even more pissed about the "ski lift thing." Then she found a second version of it that was set up as a "back door" by the original designer, who had promised contractually not to do that. Unfortunately, that contract provision was unenforceable as long as his return address was in North Korea. Even if they got him back, the CIA wanted to talk to him; then they would create a black hole for him to step into. Since the guy was a potential crook she said she needed a line-by-line audit, to find what other surprises waited. That cost money. They went back and forth.
- Finally she said a 40-day extension of the current contract (ending July 31), with some added language, for $150,000 was the best she could do: longer was too risky for her without more facts (the audit) and shorter would raise the cost per day. Barnes knew Sam was right, he had a serious weakness that they had not known about, but he had trouble admitting anyone else was right and he was wrong. He accepted the revised contract on Tuesday evening, with a plan for a closing on Thursday.
- Closing would be as before with a slight change in the order; signatures and payments would be followed by a consummation, then they would share a late dinner. This time it would not be at the Blank, Barnes could not reserve a room plus he was stunned at size of the bill. They agreed to "his choice" instead.