The days when executives could destroy a company without being personally affected were over. A lot of formerly ‘successful’ executives found that...no one would touch them with a ten-foot pole.A lot of the consequences of Taylor’s policies might not have been viewed favorably by conservatives of the current timeline. One of the unintended consequences was technological innovation had slowed significantly. Fewer people were willing to take the kinds of risks necessary to launch a new company with. I know its odd to ask for your permission to make a clone of you for myself, but that’s how much I love you.’ To my surprise she pulled me tight in an embrace and hugged me in a more than normal way. To say it shocked me would be an understatement. I could hear her sobbing on my shoulder. She spoke in a tearful voice, ‘If I had only known you cared so deeply Todd. You should have said something. Yes you can have my blood for DNA to make a donor clone for me and another clone, but not for you. It had happened and I did not want to forget that it had happened. It was the greatest night of my life up to this moment and I was not willing to pretend that it did not happen. “Look,” he began, setting his fork down onto his plate and looking up at me. “Moira, what happened the other night should not have happened. You are my daughter and I took advantage of you. I gave you a big glass of wine and you just, you weren’t thinking straight and I should have stopped what happened. It was a bad. Before I could hit the door, first Amelie, then Jill accosted me."You just don't understand," Amelie told Jill. "Wait until you're a mother then see how quickly you want to be away."Jill turned scarlet."I'm a mother already," she spat. "Tanner is my son, too. Don't you forget that, you bitch."Amelie's face turned the color of blood."That's not what I meant," she hissed."That's exactly what you meant," Jill said. "You hold him and take him places, but I can't. Hell, I spend more time along with.