I did the advance work. There are usually a couple of people in every city that Liz wants to give tickets to. But she didn’t say a word about you.�...�“She didn’t know I lived there,” I said. “It was just luck. A guy at work ... well, he’s a total prick. Susan said something about hearing one of Liz’s songs. I made a casual comment that I had gone to school with her. He called me a liar and things went back and forth. He printed out something from her web site that said she graduated from Nashville. Jewison, please advise your client about the consequences of her statement."They confer and he stands. "She accepts the settlement offer."The judge looks at her, then over at JJ. Then while making an apparent glance over the courtroom he pauses ever so slightly on the woman sitting in the back. Then he hits his gavel one more time. "Then we are adjourned. Don't screw this up. The offer was made and accepted. If either of you changes your mind I will be a very unhappy Judge!"An hour later Tom. Inside the padded manilla shipping envelope were two items.The first was an antique leather-bound journal with a worn strap holding its covers shut, the second was a heavy envelope with my name, Melissa Gordon, written on it in neat (if old-fashioned) cursive hand. The letter inside was typed on expensive heavy-weight paper that had the company watermark in the center of the page. The letter explained that the law firm had been retained by a small, independent museum to find and return the. "I did my best not to laugh or even smile because I saw the fellow was as serious as an undertaker.This was a lot different than the Marine recruiting station that I had walked into way out in San Francisco that showered me with perks of eligibility until I signed on the dotted line for a long dangerous tour of duty on the front lines in Iraq. Of course, as soon as they had me signed up, I was hustled onto a bus for the journey to the training base in San Diego. I wondered at that time why they.