Love Story: In The Web of Life by Ken Renshaw Read Free Book Online

said, 'Trust the force!' referencing the old Star Wars
movies."
    "I have never tried that," I joked. "Mostly, I
trust my friend at the Weather Service at LAX who gives me my
personal soaring forecast. Then, I plan my flights."
    Dan gave me a look that seemed to say, 'And how
is that working out for you.'
    I suddenly had the feeling that my logical
flight planning was like the California City urban planning,
complete in detail but failing in concept.
    Dan confirmed my feelings: "Somehow, Charlie
had special intuition. The intuitive approach positively worked for
him."
    My cellphone rang. Tina, I hoped, until I
looked. It was Zaza.
    Zaza announced, "Vacation is over. Bracken
wants to know whether you can meet with a new client tomorrow at
9:00."
    "Sure," I replied.
    "I hope this does not upset any of your social
plans," said Zaza sarcastically.
    "I am alone. No problem, See you
tomorrow."
     
     
     
     
    ****
     
     
     

Chapter Three
    A NEW
BEGINNING
     
    I was feeling better as I walked into the
office lobby.
    "Good morning Mr. Willard!" Said Carolyn
cheerfully as she gave me her usual 'How wonderful you are
here...and I'm very available' smile.
    Zaza looked grumpy, as usual as she asked, "How
was your long vacation?"
    "A pleasant respite," I replied as I walked
into my office. I sat down and began to look through my mail and
email.
    In a few minutes, Zaza's buzzer rang. "They are
here," she said.
    I walked into the conference room and saw Phil
Bracken and very attractive blond lady.
    "Dave Willard, meet Dore Hamilton," Phil
said.
    Dore was about five–feet two, with a very
compact athletic look, about thirty years old, with brown eyes. Her
streaked blond hair, parted in the middle, was cut in a manner that
suggested she spent time in an expensive hair salon. She had a wide
nose like someone of northern European descent. Her tan face with
white areas around the eyes suggested she had recently been skiing.
She was wearing a dark blue suit with a red scarf.
    She smiled with a flash of recognition in her
eyes as she shook hands, and said, "Pleased to meet you Mr.
Willard," and immediately reset to an icy stare. I knew I had been
'made,' fully assessed, and judged.
    "Pleased to meet you, Ms. Hamilton," I replied
without losing eye contact. I could tell this was one tough
lady.
    Phil began, "Ms. Hamilton is an assistant to an
old friend of mine, Vince Colson who has a venture capital firm in
Palo Alto. Vince has funded a foundation, the Colson Foundation, to
support investigation into paranormal phenomena and other pet
projects. He wants us to take on a test case to try a county
government for negligence in failing to utilize an available
psychic resource to prevent the death of a lost child."
    I though to myself, 'Oh, no! More of this
metaphysical nonsense, Why me?'
    Ms. Hamilton sensed my reaction and said, "Mr.
Willard, I expect that this is somewhat afield from your normal
case and possibly makes you a little uncomfortable. Phil said that
you are a master at presenting complicated scientific cases in
terms that can be understood by lay juries. The Colson Foundation
has sponsored scientific research that will provide the foundation
for a scientific case that the psychic offered legitimate help. We
believe the science is there to support the case. The science is
esoteric enough that most people would never have heard of it. Phil
says you may not be up on this realm of science. It is preferable
that you can bring a fresh viewpoint, unbiased by many
misconceptions shared by many who have a long involvement in
metaphysical subjects, which might bring some biases or beliefs
that would interfere with the scientific case. We want someone with
a clean slate on the subject who can appreciate the skeptical
viewpoint."
    "I think I meet your requirements for a lack of
knowledge on the subject," I observed.
    Phil interrupted and added, "Dave has done this
kind of thing before. Some of his patent cases involved subjects
and technologies