“Won’t stop you from being prosecuted and going to prison. This is a lot of money. 2.3 million you’ve siphoned off. Quite the little nest egg yo...’re building.”Vanessa bit her lip.“One call,” my mom said as she pulled out her phone from her purse and held it out before her, “to the US Attorney, and you are buried neck-deep in misery. I have his number right here. Darin Riker. His wife is named Missy. We get together for brunch twice a month. I have his personal number. No secretaries or anything. .. up that road there. Want to see?" Briyan nodded and Silvia turned the car onto the unsealed road.New Zealand Government researchers had tracked down a relative of John's. Greenhaughs had not lived in the area for a good many years but the researchers had discovered that a descendent of John's Aunty had inherited the farm. The man was pleased to meet a distant cousin. He had local Maori blood and valued family ties highly.The locals had prepared a reception for their visiting Russian relation. Her beautiful smile had returned. "Do you want to stop visiting me because you're afraid I'll be mad at you for seeing my mom?"She laughed her head off."Oh, God, you're sweet," she said. She gave me a big hug. I still didn't know what was going on. "Stupid, but sweet."How many times have I told you? You're not my boyfriend." She was lecturing me again. "We're not some kind of couple. It's just business. I don't care if you're seeing my mom." She tucked the paper back into my pocket. "You're. There was quite a line of people waiting to cross the little bridge. He stood in line while it slowly progressed. Occasionally he would hear a scream and see a kid go flying through the air. He examined the sign beside the path, “Toll Ahead — One Coin.”“That isn’t very specific,” Sean said upon reading the sign.“Don’t worry about it, he’ll take any coin,” the woman in front of him said. She calmly ignored the fact that another kid flew through the air while she was talking.Gesturing towards the.