Most of the people at the party were discussing the various opportunities afforded by our work. We had no fears for this because Veronica had already ...sown up our researches and developments in watertight legal patents. During the party she had by far the most enjoyable time discussing the legal and moral aspects of our case. With all the years she had had to prepare her arguments and the painstaking care she had taken in deciding what legal routes our researches were to follow to avoid such. Julie continued. 'I guess I do. In a way, Sally started it all. If she hadn't insulted that first guy and had just not been so mean..' Sally cut in, 'I don't believe it. You want to blame me? You want to sacrifice me so you can stay alive? You stole his fucking paper. Why did you do that, if not to show off? He said you owed him for the paper so if you hadn't done that he might just have let it go. But no, you were the big mouth so you're just as much to blame as I am.' Beth. By the time the too brief halftime was over, our team was fired up and ready for battle again. I was impressed with what Jason and the coaching staff had accomplished in a short time. Jason communicated the big picture to the team. His assistants went over the details with their charges. Everyone on the team understood the big picture and their part in accomplishing it. This was just as important as motivating the kids to go out and hit hard. Communication happened and that was the essence of. " I know. I didn't say it was wrong or right. It's just the way you cope with things that are uncomfortable. It's just lucky for both of you that I was there to prevent her from being eaten by that vicious dog of yours." Yeah, well, you're a saint, too." A saint, huh? Me and who else?" Daddy. My mother told him he was a saint a couple of times." She doesn't sound as heartless as you seemed to think she was." No, she isn't. You know, I accused her of wanting to abort me and she didn't even bat.