"Jesus Christ," Kate said, frowning deeply. That was seriously fucked up and for all the shitty things she'd seen in her life, all the things she'd had to deal with, this was definitely near the top of the list. There was something seriously different from dealing with her mother than hearing about something like this.

"That's... really fucking stupid," she decided. "Just, oh, we'll just kill you, because you're breaking some law and now we need your help, so we'll bring you back and put you through all this horrible bullshit." People were pretty much assholes wherever they were from.