The Monroe County District Court in New York had sent a registered fax to the Cote, ordering Lee to appear on Friday. Millennium's lawyers were onto it, but meanwhile she needed to be ready.
It was dark when Ben met her at the airport in Pueblo, and drove her home in a company car. The girls knew nothing about what was going on, only that he'd be picking up their mom. They were spending the night with the Klein twins.
Lee was upset and worried. When they got home, they had a drink of brandy and Ben took her to bed. It was quite a while before they went to sleep.
Not surprisingly she dreamed of her daughters. In a disjointed sequence in which they were taken from her by Mark, by her parents, by Dove, by strangers . . . And not taken from her, or rescued, or . . . She'd wakened yelling and fighting from the first version, then she and Ben had had a large brandy each, to late night television, and gone back to bed. Where she'd reentered the dream sequence, barely wakening from time to time. Near the end she kept adjusting the dream script whenever necessary, and she awoke in something close to glee.
The next day, Lor Lu got a fax from Conroy, Morgenstern, and Blasingame. He took it promptly to Lee's office; they'd gotten another delay. Their lawyers had no doubt they could beat this thing. Her ex-husband was persistent and had resources, but not a compelling case. Mrs. Shoreff had no cause for alarm.
Later, Ngunda stopped at her office.
"Lor Lu told me your ex-husband persists in troubling you. Perhaps I can help further." He smiled. "Congressman Ron Craine, of New York's 28th District, is a personal friend, and a friend of Millennium. And of course is well connected in the 28th District, particularly within the legal profession. I've just talked with him. He knows Judge Falcaro well, and will speak with him. Which does not guarantee anything, nor should it. But Ron will give him his viewpoint on Millennium, and at any rate it cannot hurt to have a congressman visibly in our corner."
Again his visit left Lee feeling much better. He really is a good person, she thought, even if he does have some strange ideas.