” I didn’t remember her voice being so calm, and angelic.“Not a problem at all. Have a seat.” The girls sat together on the adjacent couch. I ...as so focused on Alex I almost forgot my daughter was in the room with us.“I’m hungry. We have any food, Dad?”“Kitchen’s right there, kid. Go find out.”“K”. Claire got up from the couch and walked towards the kitchen. Alex was looking at the TV.“Big sports fan?”“Not really, but I like it watching from time to time.”“Cool. So, it’s been a while since I’ve. All of us agreed that we needed to keep him from out pacing all the others. If he got to do that, some of the others would want their own way too, to show what they could do. If that happened, they'd all be back to competing, just like we had back when Daddy was still running things." Trying to do your best is a good thing. Kyle should try to be as good as he can be. So should all the others. That isn't competing. That's excelling. Look at Phil. Everyone tells me he was really excellent at. (Sir_Lee) Maybe not a *human* sense of justice, but a sense of justice nonetheless.(Michelle) I agree with you about The Lawyer. It has a nice sense of completeness.(The_Professor) Susan Jager is one of my favorite characters. I hadn't planned on giving her such a prominent role, but I like her too much to put her in the background.(Sir_Lee) Being nearsighted myself, I could almost see her bargaining with the Judge at the end of the story to give her at least her 20/20 eyesight back.(*Anne-Mal). "Oh shit, I thought. They aren't going to start asking me sex questions are they? "We don't get it," Tracy said."Don't get what?" The whole thing," Andy said. "We got some questions about the boys part".Damn it. Why didn't they ask someone else.In fact, that's what I asked them. "Why don't you ask your teacher or Mom or Dad?"Andy let out an audible sigh. "Never mind," she said and turned toward the door."Okay, okay. You can ask me, but I'm not sure I have the answers."Andy broke into a broad.