Sometimes you were quite rational, but then would relapse into muttering to yourself, and talking about Woody as if he were alive...” She paused, �...and of Caroline, as if she too was still alive. Zinnia wrote to mother and told us the tragic news.” Ruth came to the bed and hugged me tightly. “We are all heartbroken at your loss, Jack. Mother cried for a week, and had to be given laudanum to calm her.”“I know what has happened to my family, Ruth. I must have tried to deny the facts, which became. But only because he said I would get the part if I did it. So I did it. And then the same day he called me and said they were giving it to someone else after all. But he said if I slept with him then I would definitely get it. And I freaked out, shouting at him and stuff. And Tobey was there so I had to tell him. And he went over there and beat the shit out of him. And then I got the part. But Tobey and I were through.”“He did that for me, even after what I had done,” she said. “So I would get. I could see it in her eyes and the way she ran her delicate fingers though her decadent blond hair. In order to get rid of her before the contact came and reneged on his assignment because I was talking to an unknown female, I agreed to meet her the next evening for a romantic river cruise with champagne and dancing. It was obvious that I was desperate because I absolutely hate champagne and the thought of rubbing feminine charms in public was more than I could contemplate even when I was in. ”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.” He 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.