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************************************************* The meeting with M.A.D.D. went really good. Because of all of the good PR that Roni has been creating, the media has left her alone, proving that they aren't all that bad. It is 4:15, and Roni arrives at her parents' room, and knocks on the door. Abbey opens it, nervously, expecting to see their two visitors, but instead, only Roni. Abbey looks in the hallway, then asks, "where are your friends?" "They haven't gotten here yet. They still have five minutes." "Okay." Abbey said, as Roni's cell phone rang. Roni, answering her phone said, "Yeah?...sure...whatever....on my way...bye." "What was that about?" "Kat and Piper just got here, I told them I'd go meet them downstairs, so they don't have any problems with the secret service, so I'll be back soon." Roni reported, as she turned around, went downstairs, and met her friends. Minutes later, there is another knock at Jed and Abbey's door, by Roni again. Again, Abbey answers it. "Hello, you must be Katherine and Piper Reed. It's such a pleasure to meet you," Abbey said while she shook their hands, and led them in the room. "It is a real honor to meet you ma'am, sir." Piper said. Kat, getting in the conversation, said, "Yes, it really is an honor, and a pleasure to meet you both. "Hey, I think you guys forgot about me, no one said hi to me," pouted Roni. "That's cause you're old news," Jed said, toying with Roni. "Ah, in that case, you won't mind if I go play pool with Josh and Sam." "Yes, we would mind, no, you are not leaving, and hello," Abbey said, in an attempt to please, and to get rid of all tension in the room. "Have a seat folks," Jed offered. "Thank you sir." "So, tell us, how did the three of you meet?" Jed wondered out loud. "Well sir, I sort of literally ran into her on the street one day," answered Piper. "Ouch, that must have hurt," said Abbey. "The worst part of the pain came later, when I got to know him," Roni jokingly replied. "But it was worse for us you see, cause we then had this love-sick puppy on our hands and we didn't know how to deal with her," Kat continued with this. "Love-sick puppy? I thought I was some homeless spaz child." "Yes, well, you were also a love-sick puppy." "I'm thinking the sick part of that is correct, but sick cause I didn't have the good sense not to run as far as humanly possible when I meet you." "Okay, so how did you bump into each other?" Abbey asked, again trying to keep peace. "Well, ma'am," Kat started. "Piper and I were taking a moonlit walk on a beach, and we sort of weren't paying much attention to where we were walking. Next thing we know, this thing here runs into us. She claims she thought she was being chased by, what was it again? Oh yeah, by demons." "Demons?" Jed asked. "Demons," Roni replied. "So what kind of demons where they?" Jed asked. "I'd rather not go into that right now. Talking about those demons will only be a bad thing, and I've had enough bad in my life for two days." ************************************************* The conversation moved on to such subjects as careers, futures, children, and of course politics. One topic Roni made clear she wanted avoided, was what the Reed's said and did to cause her to come search out the Jed and Abbey, and she managed to get her way too. When the chat began to die down, Kat reminded Roni that she wanted to talk to her, so they went off to Roni's room. When they were away, Jed corned Piper, and drilled him. Abbey just seemed to disappear. "So what's up with the demons? Why doesn't Roni want us to know what you did to get her to find us? And what did you do to make her come find us?" "They have to deal with her and her fath...her and Keith, and their past." "All of them?" "Yes." "About the physical abuse and all?" "There was a lot more to it than that. Where as I would love to tell you, sir, I really would like to remain Roni's friend, she is a good one." "But you can tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone else." "I remember hearing in the news a month or so ago that someone tried to rape Roni." "Yeah, the son of the President of France." "And how did you take to this news, sir?" "Not very good, why?" "Multiply that by a thousand, no, by a million, then you would maybe have an inkling of an understanding of how you would react if you found why she didn't want to come and find you and your wife, before I got to her." ************************************************* Reaching Roni's room, Roni informed her friend about the dream she had the other night. Kat now had an interpretation for her. "I think what your dream is telling you, is that you've found your place. You found where you belong. You are free from your past life. But you don't agree with this, you think that the way you were raised is really going to have a huge influence on the rest of your life, and that you will never be free. What you don't understand is that you already have overcome all of these obstacles, and your upbringing has not weighed in on your current life at all. You are free from it. You have a good thing going, and you shouldn't ruin it by dwelling on the past. Yes, you've made some mistakes along the way, so what, big deal. Who hasn't? It's done with. I think the reason that you were told all of this by Jesus and then by God, is because you are a very religious person, and probably wouldn't believe it if it came from anyone else. I know that Piper and I have spent some time trying to convince you of this, but our attempts have always failed. That is my interpretation. That is what I think the reality of the dreams are. It may not be a good reality, it may not be a favored one, but it is my interpretation." THE END
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