"Honey, it isn't about what they think, it's about who you are."She seemed a little too calm about this. I mean, I could be ostracized bymy extended f...mily, or at least Mom's side. Yes I wanted them to knowabout Megan, but I was still somewhat scared to tell them."I guess," I replied, not nearly as confident as she had sounded."Anyway, I talked to Judy after I talked to your principal this morning,"Mom continued. "She said that it was about time she got to meet Megan.Katy will probably feel the. After that everything went smoothly considering he clung to the back of a car driving down busy streets. But soon they left Munich behind and traveled west on a road without streetlights and sparse traffic. The situation improved since he had less chance of being seen but the Mercedes picked up frightening speed. They probably traveled at over a hundred kilometers an hour. If he fell he would doubtless be killed. The highway underneath him zoomed by at a sickening rate. He forced himself not to. “I can take private jobs if you want me to,” he said.“We do,” Jill said before anybody else could speak. “You can expect a call from our attorney in a couple of hours. We already have the countersuit prepared. If they believe a jury is going to give a bunch of kidnappers $50 million for getting the shit kicked out of them, what do they think the injuries on our side are worth?”“Not to mention loss of consortium with Liz Larimer,” I added helpfully. “That’s got to be worth $100 million right. Pretty epic news tonight.’ ‘Yeah.’ We sat in silence for a little while longer, watching Boo and Sully ride through the Monsters Incorporated power plant on travelling doors, until I asked in a feigned casual voice, ‘So are you planning a stripper?’ ‘Huh?’ He looked startled. ‘For the stag night. You’re the best man – isn’t all that part of your duties?’ ‘Oh. I dunno. Maybe I will. Um – probably not. Bit sexist, bit old-fashioned, you know.’ ‘I never had you down for a feminist.’ ‘There you go,.