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Valerie said.
    “ Can we get past the
women’s coffee klatch?” the other man said.
    “ Now, now,” Sam sat down
in a chair next to Valerie. “You wanted a meeting with Aden and
Valerie. Even though my son is sick and the company is closed,
we’re all here. You don’t need to be rude.”
    “ RUDE?” the first man
asked. “Your daughter creates a video to mock our children,
humiliate us, and you call us RUDE?”
    “ Okay,” Sam sighed. “Let’s
run the video. Valerie?”
    Valerie leaned forward to turn on the video.
Unfamiliar with YouTube, she wrinkled her nose. Aden leaned over
her and clicked the play button. She smiled her thanks.
    The video opened with an animated picture of
a clothing store. Three adorable cartoon pigs with little girl
heads came into view. The first little girl pig began to snort. The
second one joined the chorus of snorting. When the third joined in,
they began to snort to the tune of James Taylor’s classic pig song,
‘Mona’.
    Aden had to cover his mouth to keep from
laughing. Sam cleared his throat but his dancing eyes told another
story.
    “ You will answer for
this,” the first angry man said. “My daughter hasn’t left her
bedroom in two days.”
    “ The video has gone
viral!” the second man said. “Everyone has seen it! It was on
Channel 9 news! We went out for dinner as a family last night and
people snorted at us!”
    “ You’re exaggerating. Only
a million people have seen it so far. That’s not everyone,” Valerie
said. Her face was placid. “I should post it to my Facebook
page.”
    “ You have no right to do
this,” the second angry man said.
    “ Valerie, you were going
to bring the original,” Sam said. “I haven’t seen it.”
    Valerie held up the DVD. Aden stuck it into
the drive on the netbook. The scene from the clothing store
unfolded. The horrible blonde girls followed Noelle around the room
snorting at her. The camera shifted to their mothers. The smirk on
the mothers’ faces spoke volumes. Aden shifted in his chair.
    “ What is this?” Aden
asked.
    “ It’s a little video we
took while we were shopping this weekend,” Valerie said.
    Valerie shot a glance at Sam. Sam’s face was
a mask of rage.
    “ Those girls are always
after Noelle,” Aden looked at the men in front of him. “While I
agree the piggy video is a little excessive, we need to find a
solution. This bullying isn’t healthy for any of the
children.”
    “ Healthy? Healthy?” The
second man’s face grew a deeper shade of red. “My children have the
right to speak their mind. This is a free country and my girls are
just telling it like it is. You raise a pig child; she’s going to
be treated like a pig.”
    Aden jumped to his feet. Valerie put her
hand on his chest. She shook her head at him. He looked down at
Valerie then sat down.
    “ Bullying is
unacceptable,” Sam said. “That behavior will not be tolerated
here.”
    “ So you’re taking the
video down?” the first man smirked at Valerie.
    “ I want a public apology
from Miss Smarty-pants Movie Star,” the second man said.
    “ That’s Mrs. Smarty-pants
Movie Star,” Valerie said. “And don’t hold your breath.”
    “ You misunderstand me,”
Sam said. “Your daughters bully Noelle. I’ve seen them at it
myself.”
    “ Their own mothers approve
of their behavior,” Valerie said. “Look at their faces!”
    “ You will take this video
down,” the second man said. “Or you will hear from my
lawyer.”
    “ I won’t,” Valerie said.
“The children’s mothers approved of their daughter’s behavior. Why
wouldn’t they approve of the remade video?”
    “ That’s it,” the first man
said. “Where’s Jake?”
    “ Jacob is ill today,” Sam
said.
    “ You raise this slut and…”
the second man pointed his finger at Sam.
    “ You’re on very thin ice
here,” Sam said.
    “ Fuck it,” the first man
said. “I’m done. I quit.”
    “ Why don’t you wait until
you cool down a bit? There’s