GH 2018 presents Elizabeth Webber #55
"A Law Kind of Thing"
Previously…
Boulder Colorado General Hospital; the outside parking lot
Elizabeth Webber and Grayson Wayne walked together on their way toward the hospital.
"What is this," Liz said as she looked at the cover of the magazine Grayson was reading...
"A photographer friend of mine," Grayson explained, "works for Vogue and is going to be there covering this fashion show/runway event in Denver. He also sent me two front row tickets to the runway event."
Liz flipped the pages toward the back of the magazine where models were wearing very sheer lingerie items that left very little to the imagination; TO BE SHOWCASED ON THE RUNWAY. Grayson became embarrassed.
"Don't worry," Liz finally said, "I would be delighted to come with you."
"Ummm," Grayson said, "okay. I'll see if I can get us a room with two queen-size beds..."
Liz stepped and then she whispered into his left ear; "I think one bed will be fine."
What neither Liz nor Grayson realized was that their very flirty conversation had been witnessed by two interested observers.
Ric Lansing watched from inside his car with jealous anger consuming him.
The second person was one of the nurses who Liz was a supervisor of; her name was Dahn Vyn; the woman who had decapitated Jerry Jacks and who had installed a tiny camera in Liz's apartment.
And she was now the person who stared at Ric Lansing, sitting his car. She now had a new purpose; to kill him next!
Our story continues…
Inside Jeff Webber's conference office at Boulder Colorado General Hospital
Jeff Webber and the hospital's lawyer, Kent (Avery Brooks) Rollston, sat on one end of the long wooden rectangular conference table, while Ric Lansing and his client; Hanna Cormier, sat on the other far end. Both parties were involved in quiet conversations.
Jeff looked down at the other end of the table and saw Ric and Hanna talking quietly to each other, and then he looked over at Kent Rollston.
"Do you think they will accept our offer of a settlement?" Jeff asked.
Kent thought for a moment, and then he answered Jeff's question.
"It's hard to say," Kent replied. "When anyone is accepted for employment here, or at any other reputable medical institution for that matter, the employees sign legal documents that aim to protect the institution's reputation via any public platform, such as Facebook or Twitter or any social media. She willingly violated that agreement under the guise of freedom of speech."
Jeff nodded his head in agreement.
"Then if that is the case," Jeff came back with, "why are we offering her a settlement at all?"
Kent smiled at Jeff.
"There have been," Kent began to say as he thought of the best answer, "some other settlements in this regard in recent years. The courts seem to be leaning to the left on this subject, so…a legal binding settlement which prevents any disclosure of merit will effectively sweep the entire ordeal under the rug."
"That is, if anything," Jeff said after a moment, "an indictment on our legal system."
Kent nodded in agreement.
"Oh…" Kent said with a slight chuckle, "you will get no argument from me on that."
Suddenly Ric Lansing stood up and came over to Jeff's side of the table.
"My client," Ric said with a slight tease in his voice, "accepts the terms. You have two weeks from this day to deposit $800,000 into Hanna's account. If that amount is not deposited by that time, then this settlement will be voided."
Kent nodded his head.
"She will get her money," Kent replied.
"She will also," Ric added, "be allowed to continue her career here at General Hospital."
"Wait a second," Jeff countered, "that was not part of the original deal."
Ric smiled back at Jeff; his former father-in-law.
"It is now," Ric said with arrogance in his voice. "You choice, gentlemen," Ric added.
Jeff was about to argue his cause, but Kent placed a hand on Jeff's arm.
"We accept the terms," Kent said, before Jeff could say anything else."
And with that, Ric nodded his head, and headed back over to Hanna's side of the table and then the two of them left the conference room.
"We're going to let that woman continue to work here? Why?" Jeff asked.
Kent nodded his head.
"I know it seems a bit too much, Jeff," Kent said, as he stood up from his chair, "but trust me; every fiber of this school's administrative arm will scrub her application with a fine-tooth-comb. If she has misrepresented any of that information in her filings, we will remedy our decision to grant her employment."
Jeff shook his head side to side.
"That sounds more like retribution," Jeff said with a slight laugh. "Won't we get in trouble for that too?"
Kent smiled, and then turned and walked out the door.
Continued…
This issue featured;
Richard Dean Anderson as Jeff Webber
Avery Brooks as Kent Rollston
Rick Hearst as Ric Lansing
Bridgit Mendler as Hanna Cormier
