"I think for a moment on what I said that Mom said sounded like theClaire she knew, and I finally realize something I had been confusedabout for the p...st several months, "Mom, I know who I am and where Icame from, but I also know there is still a good part of me that wasClaire and will always be. I just hope that I can be what she and I,both of us, have wanted, and I think," I pause as it sinks in, like arealization about who I am, or some past memories that are surfacingand have now become a. Not angry, per se, but it brings out the same focus and desire to win that I get in randori (sparring). I heard Pam giggle as my words sank past Jen's arrogance, and struck a nerve. Even Cindy had to supress a smile."I... You... Argh!" Jen threw her chair against the table spilling some of the sangria from the bowl, and growled, "I'm not a little girl!"I raised my eyebrows and glanced at Cindy. She looked lost in the face of her daughter's tantrum. If I had one big flaw in dealing with people,. We do billion-dollar facilities. If they were asked to pick up a quarter-million dollar engineering project, they'd look at what else was on the schedule and they'd probably dodge the little project. But I can see where a lawyer and a bean-counter might look at tagging something that already exists, like our recording and production system, as low-hanging fruit, just waiting to be picked. But Bob says we're clear." Good! What're you gonna do with the money?" she asked."Investment, I guess. I. "Now you are just being silly," Liam said."Hello," I said into the phone."About five miles ahead and on your right there is a Sheets Convenience store. Pull over and fill the tank. Then order dinner and have a seat, I'll be along in a bit," Morris said."What a bitch, she is going to have you wait in the open to spring a trap on anyone following you. That is, if the person following you doesn't have you killed by the time she gets there," Liam said."Come on Liam, you know it's standard spy craft.