“You were saying?” I chuckled.January 2, 1992, Chicago, Illinois“What time is this announcement?” I asked Bethany as she, Kara, and I walked J...essica to the hospital just before 6:00am.“2:30pm, in the main auditorium. Jeri’s mom, plus the Foundation Board of Directors, and the hospital Board of Directors, Doctor Barton and a bunch of other senior doctors, and the Press.”“Press?” I asked.“Of course! You don’t think the Lundgren Foundation would pass up a chance at a press conference about this,. He laughed as his friend stuck out his tongue and pulled a disgusted face.“No thanks, I’m good. We brought MREs.”“We’ll just need some water,” Jaeger added.“We will prepare food for ourselves then,” Maza said, directing her flock to the kitchen. “In Val’ba’ra’nay culture, it is customary for everyone to eat meals around the same table, it would be nice if you joined us.”“Sure,” Jaeger said, “we have similar customs.”“My family used to eat TV dinners on the couch,” Baker said with a sigh, “even. ‘A waste on the old man’ he thought to himself Alice Green looked rather confused at seeing Jack. ‘But you are… aren’t you the rugger captain?’ she queried. ‘That’s right, Jack Dawes at your service ma’am.’ ‘You introduced the team to me at the finals didn’t you?’ ‘You remember that?’ ‘Ofcourse, I was the envy of all the women there at the final. Your thighs were the subject of much discussion that evening.’ ‘Ha ha, were they? Glad to have been of some service to the ladies.’ ‘Yeah you were.. You are pretty also. You will alsofeel so special in that gown!"Mikey turned as red as Krypton's sun hearing Jill's words. Her sayingsomething nice about him always had that effect on him. "You are alsopretty. I want to know if you would like to go to the wedding withme?"Jill would want to go anywhere with Mikey. A wedding! The lady whofelt good around Mikey, would want to go there with him more than adog wanted to be owned by a butcher. She quickly said yes and sent ahuge non inclusive alert.