‘Hey, Adam. How’s it going?’ Adam tapped his fingers on the laptop wishing he could reopen it. He turned to the door and got up to help with th... groceries. ‘Hey, Laurie. Things are okay. Can I help with those?’ ‘Sure. There are two more down in my car. Can you lock it before you come back up?’ Adam was glad for a respite from the apartment. ‘Yeah, no problem.’ He grabbed Laurie’s keys from the lock and took the stairs two at a time down to the street. The moment he was out the door Laurie. His word is law, literally; were he to say "Off with his head," the miscreant would be executed in public within the hour.All of this is made possible by the oil on which the Emirate rests. When all the oil reserves have been extracted, in some centuries' time, the level of the land will have been lowered by an average of ten feet. The oil is a 'heavy crude' which is dug out of the ground in lumps, looking for all the world like treacle toffee. There is none of the messy liquid to process and. "She raised her hand and he came forward so she could touch him. "Um, can you take me back downstairs?" she asked him, "Right now?" Sure, sure," he nodded as he came to her side, "No problem. Here, take my arm." He walked her to the door and as they were about to leave he looked at me over his shoulder with a "what the fuck?" expression on his face.I said nothing as they left the office and he closed the door behind them.Scared her?What the fuck, Mike? Seriously, what the flying fuck are you. You won’t have any trouble finding the children my sister asks that you separate from this idiot’s disrespectful children who frustrate my sister whenever she tried to guide them onto the right path. They need to find out how the ones they spit on live.”His sister conferenced in, and she got right down to business by asking me to please do all I can to keep Molly from also visiting her. She didn’t want to find out what Molly could have this man’s sister to do, voluntarily, for whatever pissed.