”Gretel blinked and despite her bleeding lip she smiled.” Did he just say 2 Billion Credits?”The lawyer nodded.” Yes this is what I said.” H... then nodded to the police man.”I am done. You can take over now.”The police man looked straight at Gretel. “An investigation was opened after Hogun Olafson and Mr. Silverzeig noticed the allowance account given to Eric showed some unusual activities.” He then turned to me.“Eric as you know your grandfather has given you an allowance account and the. . I had learned how to fight and hit a guy's most sensitive place -- the balls. It was street knowledge a girl should know, and the tomboy I was soaked it up willingly. Apparently my streetwise reputation had reached her ears.And then she looked into my eyes and smiled at me with a slightly dreamy face. "And... if you come with me, I'll promise..." What?"She giggled as if embarrassed, her face approaching mine, her hands grabbing hold of mine. "I promise I will say yes." To what?" I really. . everything. But I tend to get manic when I get excited and I didn't want John to regret us getting together as I don't think 'manic' is a positive thing for him. So I reminded myself that this was a marathon not a sprint, unlike all my previous relationships. I needed to let him lead, to get comfortable with it and not drag him where I hoped we'd go.Trying to think about things from his perspective was good practice, and as I lay there listening to him clean up, I thought about what he'd see. It wasn’t until we got to the train station that things took a turn for the worse. Some idiot had bumped into me, causing my drumsticks to fly out of my hand and onto the train tracks below us. He apologized not realizing how important the drumsticks were to me and walked off. I sighed heavily and went down to get them, knowing that the next train was a few minutes away. I was wrong, and I cursed at myself a few minutes later when I heard over the loudspeaker that a train was coming down the.