“Not directly, but it’s important I remain independent of the university for this to work. Other than that, you’ll have to wait until the meetin..., tomorrow.”“What will you tell Mom when you see her?” Meg asked, studying Phil as they walked back to Pioneer Park.“First, I want to see how she’s doing. If her devils are carrying their weight, I’ll leave them be. If not, I may need to persuade them again.”“Wouldn’t it be better if you killed them all?” she asked.“Shh,” Abe cautioned, glancing around. "Did you use any conditioner?" No, I just used the regular kind," you said.She ran her hands through your hair."As a girl, you need to start caring about your appearance," she said. "I'll get you some hair products, but you need to promise you'll use them every day."You nodded."If I ever don't smell all the fragrances I bought you in your hair, you're grounded. If I ever see you not wearing makeup, you're grounded."It seemed like only a few days later when your mom confronted you again."Your. I kept an eye on him, but otherwise let him keep going. I still did the strategic guidance - I kept an eye on which companies he wanted to work with and red-flagged some that I knew would be a disaster. I did let him lose a little money on one or two that I knew wouldn’t work out, simply so he would learn from the experience. Missy’s role was interesting. Technically she was just a stockbroker, but she had the world’s biggest Rolodex. If we needed to find somebody, the odds were she knew. A for a week we are going to Sydney Australia" my mom looked at me and said "Bit sudden isn't it my darling?" "we are only going for the week mom and I will bring you back a surprise" my dad said "need a ride to the airport?" I smiled at my dad and said "thanks dad I'm setting off at 10pm" so 10pm came and my dad had loaded up his merc and started driving me to the airport my dad said to me "why you really going on vacation Leon?" "just to spend time with my friends dad" without even looking at.