The stage faced a full banquet hall. I didn’t have to estimate the crowd. AI interface told me that there were 76 conference attendees and that my w...it staff – counting canines and the two Marine guards outside—numbered 17. And then there was me.I had a moment so I used that time to perform a trick with Nana and Calgary. Before the Confederacy enhanced me, I used to bond with dogs by first getting their trust and then showering them with affection. If you want to turn that into a dirty joke, go. If it’s as successful as I fully expect it to be, we’ll petition the court to make it permanent based on proven success. I know there’s a little bit of slight-of-hand going on here, but sometimes that’s necessary to goose things along in our tight-assed legal system.”Anton fell to his knees in front of her desk pressing his hands together prayer-fashioned and pleaded with her, “Please, Dr. Widener! I want to live with Eric and Andrea! I will work very hard in school! I promise!”Dr. Widener was. Darnel was convinced was a “Magnum Force”-type opposition group within law enforcement was targeted on him with exotic surveillance equipment and satellites. Why else would the first overt act of his new regime, after over a year of planning, go wrong so very quickly after last Friday? With an undercover cop involved? When he heard what had NOT happened Friday night he flew into a rage and struck his leader’s daughter Doria repeatedly - he was one of her regular escorts and she had the bad. For both of them the week was a period of down-time during which they simply waited for the university to re-open and to be able to get back together.Jason spent most of the time alone at home, exercising and swimming while his father was at work, his mother was at the country club, and his sister was at school. In spite of spending New Year's Eve together, Jason's father, mother, and sister were not speaking to each other. If any of them had anything to say to one of the others, they relayed.