And so he called an oldfriend, Veronica, to see if she would join him for dinner. He had nottalked to her in quite a while, in spite of them having k...own oneanother from way back when she worked for his founding company. As luckwould have it, she was available, and agreed to meet him at Alfred'sSteakhouse, just around the corner from his place.The afternoon was spent like a girl preparing for the prom. He pulledout suit after suit, matched and mis-matched pants, shirts and jackets,and. She turned to see that it was Julian."I'll help you with those," he said, gesturing to her books and quickly relieved her of them. "Where do you have to go next?" I've got Blueman's lecture next." She said, her face flaming red at being noticed by one of the most popular guys in college."Me too," he said, "C'mon, we'll go together."Saying that, he started off down the hall and then paused and looked round when he realized that she wasn't following him. He called her, startling her out of her. The council would require witnesses. What he said about the girls being his property was just a stall tactic. If Wilhan pushed that claim, it would require a ruling from the council too.Grunden went directly from Wilhan to both Henna's father and the father of Marin's mother with a story that Wilhan was going to make thralls out of the girls.Both men forced their way in to see Wilhan and then were rather short and condescending to him. Wilhan pointed out to both men what had happened to the. He sat down to read the newspaper; he was feeling particularly good today. Kind of tingly and warm, he thought that it must be the after effects of last night's escapades. Kim had already gone with her mother for the Saturday morning garage sales and subsequent lunch at Denny's. Charlie went to take his shower and shave before work. When he looked in the mirror he noticed that shaving didn't appear to be necessary. When he put on his work pants he also noticed that his legs felt funny touching.