Your business is in deep mud. Not just metaphorically speaking, but for
real.
The building's very foundations have started sinking in slime. Best case
scenario – your contractor actually takes responsibility for the mess and
doesn't evaporate into thin air, but he is still at a loss. Yes, he has
heard about such cases, but has no idea what to do about it. He knows how
to construct buildings, but has no idea how to pull them out of the mud.
He tries to joke about it, but you are hardly in the mood.

You start sustaining losses. One thing's for sure, you haven't much time.
You must decide quickly. You wake up each morning and go through the few
options you have left. Actually, the option of letting the entire building
sink into the mud sounds rather attractive this morning. What the hell,
the entire area seems to lie on one big bog. In fact, you have seen
endless neighboring buildings come down, so what on earth made you think
it couldn't happen to you? But that damned inner voice of yours doesn't
let you give up. Not just yet, anyway.

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