“Barocca wasn’t k**ding about telling everything she knew about us, as a last resort. If CNN or Nightline got a hold of these, we’d be up shit...creek without a paddle. Not to mention what the AMA would do to me for all of the unauthorized and unlicensed medical procedures I’ve performed. At least that part of this whole sordid business is behind us now.” Tiffany poked her head in through the door. “Are you almost done, Dee Dee? We all need to be present at the meeting.” “Just putting. Lust at first sight, yes, but not love. I believed love arrived slowly in increments through experiencing many emotional moments with another person.I was wrong.The split-second I first saw my daughter, I fell deeply, irrevocably in love with her, not romantic love, of course, but love nonetheless. In the past, I'd also believed that to love someone meant you were more concerned about the other person's happiness than your own. I got that one right.Piper, my five-year-old daughter, was. First and foremost was the former station master and the leaders of the ruling council. They described how I corralled all of them and threatened their families and themselves if they didn’t sign over their businesses to me and leave the station. They described the fear and anxiety that they and their families felt during their arduous and dangerous flight to safety in the FN territory.They were followed by a parade of people who supposedly had been abused by myself from the time of my birth,. He set up another appointment and we left. Once in the car, Sade looked at me. Worry was etched in her face and I wanted to just wipe it all away. I took her hand and kissed it, telling her that everything would be okay. That our baby girl was healthy and there was no problems. That did the trick, the worry just ebbed away. I started the car and held her hand as I drove. I stopped at the pharmacy and got the vitamins she needed. At the house, Sade checked the messages and started laughing. I.