S. meter pegged, so I handed it to one of my own legal counsels, instead of one of Sam’s. Kelly Davidson took it with orders to review the bill, che...k with the leadership on their thoughts on the matter, then have my old legal team determine if anyone was about to receive some kind of windfall from the bill that would come back and make us look bad.Olsen Adleman unexpectedly retired before eight A.M. the next morning.Once we handled things that couldn’t wait, I excused myself and headed. It also served as a firewall against the spread of plague across the Republic's town and countryside. Eugenie soon discovered how foolish it would be to was to approach the electrified fence. This only served to attract the attention of armed guards and their exceptionally vicious genetically-enhanced dogs. She'd come across the bodies of other travellers who'd ventured too close to the high fences that protected the privileged few from the unwashed and poorly fed majority.It wasn't because. See you in the morning,” she said, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek.I headed up to bed and was quickly asleep.Friday was a perfectly normal day both at school and at home, though more like it had been in the past, since Anala joined us for dinner. After dinner, she and I went to the ‘Indian’ room and she lit incense in front of Krishna, and then we sat down with some of her father’s excellent tea.“How have you been?” she asked.“Up to my eyeballs in the cheating scandal at IIT,” I said.“You. I mean, some maycall me a jerk, or worse, but embarrassing a single mother with three kids.... Eventually, I made up my mind (sort of) and walked up to the front door withwhat I hoped seemed like confidence. (Ok, let the name calling begin.) I wasn'treally sure exactly what I was going to say, but, when she opened the door,my badge and some police blather got me inside. We spoke briefly (about somemissing person I made up on the spot), and then I left, never showing her thepapers. I wondered.