I nodded and sat across from her as Maria placed breakfast in front of me. ‘What time do you want one of my people to take you to the station?’ A ...mall smile crossed her lips, her eyes closed ever so slightly, making it look like she was evaluating me. ‘Is that the way you treat all your guests?’ ‘No ma’am, I don’t keep any of them prisoner here either.’ ‘So I’m still your guest?’ ‘I would say I had little choice in the matter. You passed out in the back of my pick up and no amount of calling. I respect people who work hard to get where they are. I don’t like people who play victim to achieve power. I don’t like people who claim to want equality yet demand special treatment. I think the rules apply to everyone. If a man and a woman commit the same crime, they should both get the same punishment. I think chivalry is outdated and chivalrous men ought to get reprogrammed. Maybe they should face psycho women with guns and be made to rethink their view of women as precious flowers needing. He shouted, "EVERYBODY, EIGHT MEN ARE RIDING TOWARD US PRETTY FAST, AND THEY DO NOT LOOK HAPPY!"We all looked in the direction he was facing, and it was only moments before we saw the gang approaching us. I shouted, "TO ARMS, EVERYBODY! DOUSE THE FIRE AND BE READY TO FIGHT!"Of course, the men may not be the least bit interested in us, but there had been enough time for them to find the two men June had shot. Therefore, we had to assume that they were chasing after us. We were not going to shoot. Even if I tried to hide how that felt to me, she must have noticed that something changed.“I’m sorry, Greg. I didn’t mean to hurt you with that.”“I know that, Karen. And thank you, it was a nice thing to say.”She looked at me for a moment.“You have changed, Greg. You are like two different persons, one is the same nice person I used to know, but the other is someone tougher, someone who has hardened during the years. I guess I can blame myself partly for that.”“No, Karen, that is much too much.