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Hi. I was recently working as a 2nd seat with a lease operator. I was supposed to get .13 a mile. We completed a run together and I decided to go solo for another company. The day I was expecting payment nothing came so I called the company we were both with and they said she was supposed to pay me from what they paid her. I called her and told her she is supposed to payme directly and she said she had a bad week financially so I let it slide and told her I'd call her the next week. It has now been over a month and she does not return my calls or my messages. I called the old company and they said there is nothing they can do about it. All they would do is send her a Qualcomm message to call me, which she still hasn't. I'm so surprised because we were friends and I helped her out so much with the driving and actually did most of the miles since it was her first run out as a leaser and she was quite nervous. Is there anything I could do? I'm considering legal action but don't even know how to go about starting that. Any suggestions?