Hello again, Marielle Dizon here, and this is Invoice Due Friday. This week's episode comes from a letter that made me wince, because I have lived it. A listener in Davao has a client who makes up most of her income, and that client is sixty days late on an invoice for the third time this year. She is scared to push and scared not to. I have asked a friend who does accounts for freelancers in Manila to join me, because she has seen this a hundred times. We will cover deposits and milestones, the kind of late fee a client will actually pay, and a three-step escalation that stays polite but does not stay quiet. We also talk honestly about when a client has become too big to keep. Settle in, this one is practical. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.