"This is the weirdest thing you've ever done." I've always wanted to be able to pickup pretty girls. Now I've picked you 2,000 feet up." We're 2,000 f...et up?" Thereabouts. When I fly by myself my usual cruising speed is just over five hundred miles per hour. With three of us the speed will be slower, but I'm not sure how much. We've got a lot to talk about so we'll be up here for a while, so how about I time the trip to San Francisco and back while we talk. Is that okay with you?"Julia joked,. I turned and caught her in my arms once more.“Oh, Matt ... I know it’s not easy!” she wailed quietly. “I just want you to know that I’m not mad at you, or upset that this is the way things are. When I said I was frustrated, it wasn’t with you. Just ... the situation, or something. I’m not even sure, but it’s not you. So please, don’t ever think that, okay?”“I won’t,” I managed.“I love you.”“And I love you, Lara.” I glanced at the windows of the cabin and the house to either side of us. “Now. The pictures along the walls of the long hallway that lead past his parents offices and the living room still portrayed images of her father, only now there were new pictures, mixed in with the gaggle of other relatives. Here and there, between pictures of Miranda's paternal grandparents and pictures of her in school were pictures of Vivian and Bob together.It gave the courier a mixed feeling to see a picture of her mother with her real father so close to the ones with Bob in them. They were. No, it's not that! I mean, it's just that... well, I guess we could try it... " As Trey was trying to talk herself into it, Kat was again, a little more uncertain this time, nodding her head in agreement."Well, if you think you'd like to at least give it a try, we can just do a simple run-through, kind of to get a feel for it, without worrying about all the dialogue and stuff yet, just to see if it feels okay to you; to see if you can get into the parts. How does that sound?"This time, both.