"I saw Alex turn and stare straight at me.I looked at Areeya and said as gently as I could, "Areeya, firstly, I amsorry but I have to say that what yo...r father did with Alex isdespicable, it's little more than slavery."Alex immediately jumped down my throat. "Don't you dare bring Areeya intothis, I made that deal on my own and she has tried everything she can tochange her fathers mind."I turned to Areeya and said, "Areeya, I don't blame you in any way forwhat your father did, I know you love. So she replied, “I would love to go.”“We may be out late.”“My folks think that I might stay over at Mary Jo’s.”A more experienced woman would have seen what was to come, but not Sally. They went to a large furniture place. Ate dinner at a nice Italian restaurant, and then Jonathan took her to the Blue Room lounge at the Holiday Inn. When he had succeeded in plying plenty of booze into Sally, Jonathan left her briefly to go to the front desk to rent a room for the night.Sally sat blinking her. “You always manage to amaze me each time you make one of your business deals. I know you’ll tell me the whole story, but how did it happen and how much did you have to pay for it all?”“It is a strange story the way it happened and I’ll tell you all about it tonight when I tell the others. I thought the man just wanted me to buy his hotel in Las Cruces, but then he asked me to buy all of them and started naming them off.“Would you believe, we now own The Wyandotte in Kansas City? Rose will. His hooded eyes were hypnotizing her. ‘Do you have time for something quick?’ he implored. ‘Not much — oh, it’ll have to be q-q-quick,’ she stammered. ‘Same here. Let’s go over to that diner,’ he said, pointing to T-Square Grill. ‘OK,’ she agreed, hesitatingly. With a wave of his hand, Antoine motioned for Inez to cross the street at his side, in heavy traffic. She was afraid to reveal that getting hit by an automobile was her worst recurring nightmare. Gathering that she would not budge, he.