“If it’s just one on one, I’ll handle it. If it turns into a free for all, pick your targets. I’m going to try to make it personal for the lea...er and maybe the rest will stay out of it.”Four were lounging on the porch and I frowned. I knew about the one with the rifle, but where was the fifth? Sonny must have been reading my mind, because he split off, going around back. I was suddenly tired of talking people out of gettin’ killed.Before the man could speak I cut him off. “Leave right this. “I want Sam to make up with Alex. She’s had so few friends like Max, but I was right to block her from you,” he said. “However, unless I get her to transfer to a university in another city, you’ll be here for her to run to.”“That I will.”“You won’t do the right thing?” he asked.“The right thing for me is a life that includes Sam,” I said. “I have to handle my shit better. I can’t let that arsonist burn it down. I want Sam in my life, and my door’s open if she comes to be in it.”“And that’s. ” The group made a collective groan.Jake was smiling. He enjoyed the Kennedy family. The first time he had come over he was doing the refit on the Lady. He had mistakenly thought removing the key would prevent the young Kennedys from messing with his launch. When he tried to leave, he found his launch racing around the boundary of the property with three of the children in it. The others were standing not far away watching a clock they had brought from inside. What impressed him wasn’t their. She whimpered and gasped as an incredible wave of pure delight swept through her. As the wave subsided and I felt her relax, I rolled off her so we lay side by side, one of her arms under me as she murmured endearments to me, maintaining my pleasure with voluptuous movements of her body and hands. Suddenly she grabbed me in a big hug with her legs around my hips kissing me and said, "We better get going". I had lost track of time, in fact I never even though about it, realizing she was right as.