“Ok we are at 20’000 feet right now. You are going to be falling at over 200 feet per second. You must pull your chute at 1000 feet or you’re to...ast. We will signal you when the time comes everyone listen up and do what we say. Does everyone understand?”Everyone nodded. The man walked away and they opened the doors to the plane. Rushing winds over shadowed all of the noise in the room. Tai could feel the beating of his heart in his chest. Everything of his being wanted to stop. His legs didn’t. Thank you all. If you have questions, ask me or Elyse, but we may not be able to answer just yet. Talk to you all soon!”Kimmy disconnected the call and we all stood up.“Un-fucking-believable!” Cindi exclaimed, shaking her head. “Did you just double the size of the company?”“If we don’t screw it up,” I replied.May 2, 1995, Chicago, Illinois“Thad Baker, Jamie Ferguson, meet Bernie Spielmann. Bernie, this is our corporate attorney, Jamie Ferguson, and Thad Baker, Managing Partner of Allen &. After lunch, I taught Sunday School, and then Clarissa and I headed back to campus to begin reviewing for the MCAT, something which would occupy at least three hours every night except Friday, as well as three or four hours each on Saturday and Sunday.We went to my room and I wrote out a note which asked that we not be disturbed except in an emergency because we were studying for the MCAT. I taped it to the door, then closed and locked the door, put on soft jazz, and sat down next to Clarissa. Nestor saw the focus of my attention and reassured me,“That’s just the Baron’s collection of his ancestor’s “toys” to play with their nocturnal visitors and spice up their love-life when normal was far too boring.”I was not quite sure if the unsmiling creature was making a joke at my expense or if he was simply being truthful about the history of the items in question. Anyway, my emotions were so scrambled at that moment that I only wanted to confirm with the Baron that my sister was safe and.