" Shit! What are you doing now? You've got smart clothes and all and you talk proper."Becca told him about Steven and the Damsels."He sounds a good bl...ke." He is, Garry. The best. That's why I married him." She smiled up at him.They walked on in silence for a moment."Why have you decided to talk to me?" Becca asked.Garry shrugged. "'Cos you were there for me yesterday, I suppose." Everyone was there for you."He shrugged again. "Yeah but you held my hand and got the handkerchief to bite on and. Uncle Bob got a phone call that the ore containe 1.3 percent Platinum. There was no way that my tests could have been that far off. Then I did a volumetric calculation on the other piles of ore bags, and figured out the average density. Yep, we’d been screwed. I called the state police.I guess that mining fraud was prevalent enough for them to set up a team to address it. Within a few days two vans and a car drove down from Salt Lake City. By then the assayer’s confirmation letter and check had. Jake was still trying to figure out all the implications of the incident when his cell phone rang. The caller id said it was his Dad and he answered."Jake, is everything alright?" Mark asked as soon as Jake said hello."Well, yes and no," Jake answered, looking around the table. "Lana's brother was just here with some friends. They seemed upset I was a sponsor, talking about how we should stay and defend Earth. They also said they know what we're planning. Dad, I knew we couldn't hide this. She rolled her eyes and dropped her shoulders, ''Please, the list of girlfriends you've had that I wished I could have blocked you from.'' she replied.''Oh really? Like who?''''Like who? Like Belinda, Evie, Nicola and of course the worst of the lot of them; Willa.'' she claimed.''Awh that's not fair, Willa had the biggest boobs I've ever seen! And Evie was tighter than the eye of a needle. They all had their qualities.'' I told her.''Yeah, and who was the one that had to listen to you enjoying.