'I smiled. ‘I doubt it. I think I have this case in the bag, so to speak. But, we can never say never, can we Carena?'She grimaced and flicked her h...ir across her shoulders. ‘I wish I had your confidence, Oliver,' she replied icily. ‘Then again, not all of us take backhanders. Some of us like to win fair and square and, of course, ensure that justice is done.'‘Ah, yes. I'd almost forgotten that’s why we’re here in the first place. May I say that, as legal adversaries go, you are one of my most. The snake in my Garden of Eden is in the unlikely form of a thirteen-year-old boy who is my thirteen-year-old daughter’s constant companion.I and my wonderful husband dearly wanted a baby. That’s how we ended up with Rachel, named after her grandmother and every other generation of Hebrew women back to antiquity.For seven years we were happy that we had a bright, personable daughter. Then we moved into the 3Sigma apartments. My dear bright Rachel met Terri Addison and became the Salieri to her. I saw most of the team there, along with our girlfriends, and we all gathered around.The headline read ‘Underdog Pioneers Slaughter Warriors!’ and there was a big picture of Speed Demon scampering across the goal line. I read a couple of paragraphs, but Earl Ray nudged me and said, “It gets better! Read down at the bottom!” He tapped the page and pointed to a small article beneath the story about the game. ‘ Pioneer Team Nothing But Thugs and Goons Claim Warrior Parents!’I read the little story. When I came back he announced that we were going to have partners, and that he would choose and that we would have to be partners with them for the rest of the year. There were a lot of "suggestions" and he shot them all down. He had us all line up. I was at the end of the line and I guess the odd one out because I was partnered with him. When class was over he asked me to stay behind. We went into his office and he asked me to sit down. He sat on the desk in front of me."Are you uncomfortable.