Miss Lina – accidental damage

Which I shall be filling in.

So, why don't you show me?

Well, behind the chair over there was some water damage.

Well it's dried out a bit now, but there was some water damage just down the very bottom there.

That looks perfectly fine to me.

Well, well it's dried out a lot but...

Well it seemed to have dried out to the point where you can't even tell that there has been any damage.

It was quite bad.

Really?

Yes.

And I'm sure in your phone call it said something about the fireplace coming off the wall, it was that bad.

Yes, well I've managed to push it back on there.

Oh, you've pushed it back have you?

Yes, it was damaged.

Really? Well, and then we have the matter of the ceiling nearly coming down.

Yes, well I've managed to...

Oh, did you manage to push that up as well did you?

Yes, yes, I did.

I think you need to take a seat over here.

Because unfortunately for you, this is starting to look like a bit of a bogus claim.

Why?

Because I'm a very experienced insurance investigator, and when I come across a case like this where you can't even see where the supposed damage has been,

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