cobalt79 Wrote:I think I suggested this idea of Jack assuming the Westphalen identity last fall. Someone pointed out that Jack wouldn't match the passport and fingerprints of Richard Westphalen.
But I still think it's a good idea. At least Jack won't have to leave the country now. Ah...but at what a large cost.
webby Wrote:Besides, we have to figure that Gia's parents met Richard so they'd know Jack isn't him. Oy vey, the potential legal quagmire!Do we know anything about Gia's parents? :confused:
jimbow8 Wrote:Do we know anything about Gia's parents? :confused:Other than the fact that they live in Indiana and Gia would rather hand Vicks over to Parabellum than her own grandparents, nope.
BK Akitas Wrote:Other than the fact that they live in Indiana
Scott Miller Wrote:I thought she was from Iowa.I think you're right. BK Akitas is from AZ, so all us midwestern states beginning with the letter "I" seem alike to her ..... :p
BK Akitas Wrote:Other than the fact that they live in Indiana and Gia would rather hand Vicks over to Parabellum than her own grandparents, nope.
I dont recall ever reading that Gia's parents ever knew RW. In fact, it stands to reason that since they met after her move to NY (and speaking from experience, midwestern parents see a single daughter moving to a large city to pursue a carreer as a great fit of rebellion worthy of disinheritance),I don't thin they ever got the opportunity. Plus he wasnt around all that long. Take a tax break, knock ya up, so long babe.
RW was a law abiding British citizen, I don't think too many other folks than those back in jolly ole England would recognize him and who's to say RJ doesn't already bear some resemblance? Most of us are attracted to certain physical aspects, maybe Gia was too. Maybe Jack's friend at the Embassy could help pave the way. Between Jack's other contacts and abilities, this doens't sound like such a hard fix it after all.
RW didn't have a lot of friends to question it and no family other than Gia and Vicks- that ins't Rakosh poop by now.
Scott Miller Wrote:My memory is terrible so the possibility is distinct that I'm wrong, but wasn't the Westphalen identity already coming apart at the seams in Harbingers?
BK Akitas Wrote:Other than the fact that they live in Indiana and Gia would rather hand Vicks over to Parabellum than her own grandparents, nope.
BK Akitas Wrote:I dont recall ever reading that Gia's parents ever knew RW.
BK Akitas Wrote:RW didn't have a lot of friends to question it and no family other than Gia and Vicks- that ins't Rakosh poop by now.
BK Akitas Wrote:if you have to make an effort to keep a child involved with extended family, something isn't right.
Gia may just be trying to push Jack's buttons when she focuses on him becoming CJ using the problem of 'if something ever happens to me'. she's consistent about wanting Vicks and any children they may have together to go to him, saying (paraphrasing here, not in exact quote mode)"...or they'd have to go to my parents......" Have To. I read that as I want you not them.
Grandparents who never come to visit? Ever? Ain't like Sutton Place hasn't got a few extra bedrooms. Kid spends more time at camp than with the extended family.
which makes me think of something else.....if they did go to visit and spent any length of time with old gram and gramps, how is it they aren't worried sick about Vicky???? my munchkin gets a papercut and its front page news to anyone who'll listen to her hour long descriptions of the color of the band-aid. Vicky's dad and paternal aunts disappear and are never heard from again....munchkin herself gets carried out a window by a bengali demon and almost gets recycled the hard way....mommy's new boyfriend beat the snot outta a bunch of doped up freaks on the museum steps..and ....and...and....
(and yes, I know this isn't reality and he has only so many pages to work with and eventually must sleep, but to me its implied)
this is the same kid who cant resist telling the ultrasound tech how mom has to sprinkle a lot, but she knows its not diabetes. think she could keep any of the other stuff a secret?
maybe what I should be doing is asking FPW to please explain IN DETAIL how to get a 7-9 lyear old little girl to button it- I could use the help!
or maybe I need therapy