’ ‘You know.’ ‘I know you left after Jake cut your face and chest. I know you believed I couldn’t love you if you were ugly. I know you are ...nd were wrong.’ ‘Nick.’ ‘Yes, my love.’ ‘Jake was fucking me when he cut me.’ ‘No. Jake was raping you when he cut you. He told me. He even told me why he raped you.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Blake paid him ten thousand to rape you and cut you. Blake wanted to hurt me and he used you.’ ‘I didn’t know. Blake paid the hospital bills in Vegas.’ ‘I know. They won’t hurt us. ..give Steve a rest ..could be a long day" Right stay naked if you wish and back outside on the beds and lets get some more sun" Hazel said as she walked into the kitchen for wine. I looked at Natalie and she smiled. We decided to put our clothes back on thankfully. I couldn't have looked at a naked Nat and Hazelwithout embarrassing myself !Hazel was outside with the wine and glasses. "Shy Eh ? dunno why ? The fence is high and gate's locked ! Complete privacy" Hazel stated. Hazel, still naked,. Not really. It was illegal to tell us and mother told her she'd hate it, and that was all.I knew I had made her bleed and that was the last thing I expected. Now I had a dilemma."Gentleman don't tell."My wife is bleeding.I sought to consult a Physician.It's the middle of the night, the captain is probably asleep. I hot footed it up the stairs to the wheelhouse. I knocked. Bade enter, I did. Oh thank you God, My Uncle Al was chatting with the third officer over a cuppa."Hi, David. How's married. I tried. I can’t just close them down, and if I sell them, they still pay the percentage of their net profits to me. Well, except for some toxic assets that some people snapped up at a bargain-basement price. Everything I’ve done so far to make that as small an amount as possible is backfiring. I tried doubling how much I paid everyone, including the slackers. Those who didn’t want to do the job or did it poorly were fired, and now I have staff that works their asses off because they get paid.