My umbrella was useless in the heavy rains and the in the five minutes it took to Roma’s place I got drenched to my bones.I rang the bell of Roma’... house and the door was opened by Roma’s septuagenarian mother. She never liked me and was pretty surprised and annoyed to see me in such a state and on such a rainy day. Luckily, before she could start asking questions Roma rushed in from her room upstairs and brusquely shoved her away. Roma knew of her mother’s dislike and she too just tolerated. However, we need to have a short family meeting. We’ll have it in the living room in about 15 minutes.”We five gathered on the Monstrosity and quietly discussed the possible agenda items for the meeting. Shortly before 5:15, Dad and the Moms entered the room. The five of us skootched around a bit, as we’d briefly planned, encouraging the parents to join us in sitting on the Monstrosity. They did.Carol said, “We have one or a few questions to ask and an observation to make before we get to the. ‘That commute’s going to be hell!’ ‘Tell me about it!’ Anne groaned, ‘but it’s the only way, really. I simply can’t do the work from home at all, even if I wanted to – I need those software tools, and a high end workstation to run them on.’ ‘When?’ Stan asked. ‘If it comes off at all, that is, if Sid gets the first tranche of money, it’ll be soon. January, February at the latest. I fully expect to hand in my notice in January and be working full-time for Sid very soon after that. ‘But in the. ” He paused. “Mordechai, by the way.” He coughed, his voice growing awkward. “I know that it may be hard to believe, coming from someone whose dead. But, uh ... that’s how it is.” He sighed then looked down at the map. “Right now, most of the undead on our side are still trying to figure out how to manage things.”“So, now you know where he is,” Annie said. “His fleet’s in ruins, and your fleet is coming back to mop them up.”“Within a few days,” Helen said, frowning. “Can you keep us secure.