There was no reason why they couldn't be friends. Once she had that straight in her mind, she returned her attention to her work and pushed Michael ou... of her head. Friday was ages away and she had too much work to be worrying about a silly meal.Her car was back on the road by Friday night, which gave her a cast iron reason not to drink any alcohol. By the time she pulled up outside Michael's house, her nerve was on the verge of deserting her. A sudden heated memory of him touching her was. "She does?" he asked, astonished."Kari's a lot more open-minded than you give her credit for. Not only was she in on it from the beginning, she was in favor of it even before I was. And just for the record, I would never cheat on her." Oh," said Greg, staring at his son for a few seconds. "Oh," he said again."Look, Dad," said Jeff, "everybody in this house knows you've slept with Rachael." Jeff!" Greg exclaimed."I'm serious, Dad. It's no secret that Allison doesn't mind you having sex with. " "Oh, NO!!! PLEASE... NO! You promised!" "I'm keeping my promise. Believe it or not, Frank does love you. Okay, so it's a strange and twisted love, but... Penny, your dad was as much of a slave as your mom. He didn't have any choice about what he did to you or anyone else. "Well, actually that isn't quite true. He blames you for his jail sentence, and he was going to take it out on you by making you his personal slave. But after I take out his father's programming and make sure he can't hurt. . yeah, we did notice that. What I'm suggesting is that we come to terms for an official cease-fire agreement." Okay," Zoloft said, deliberately making his Martian accent a little thicker, "lay 'em on me and I'll consider it." Very well," Dickenson said. "I am willing to concede that my men will be unable to secure the liberation of the city of Eden in their current numbers under the current circumstances." Why that's mighty nice of you to concede that. Let's hear the terms."Dickenson swallowed.