He could lose himself there, get away. He had friends there, not great friends, but people he knew, people a lot like him, people who worked hard, peo...le who still valued honesty and frank, straight forward, manly conversation. Yeah he had to get away. He’d get Max to buy him out. He’d sell everything. No he’d keep the penthouse. He liked the penthouse. It was his. She’d never been there. She’d never contaminated it. She almost had, but dumb luck had prevented it. He’d go to the beach, he’d. "For the last time, Nathan. I did it to help myself as much as her. Shit, I'm hungry," I said as we reached the base of the mountain. "Hey, how did you guys know I was up there, anyway?" When your link thing broke with Nathan, he came running to us saying he thought you died or something," Gordon said with a grin. "When we couldn't find you, we went to Grandfather and found out you were up there with Lea." Grandfather wouldn't let us go up there until after our shift," Jonas added."Not that. He just smiled as he placed Becky's good china on the table.Becky and Leldon were sweethearts from the first grade on -- even when he put frogs on her, and pulled her pig-tails, among other things that boys did to aggravate girls. I loved her as much as loved my older brother and would do anything for her.When she came into the kitchen, I handed her the vanilla milkshake I'd made for her, kissed her cheek and said, "Thanks." You and Maggie got things worked out?" Kind of," I replied.She put her. . unusual stories that brought us together. We all share an even more unusual story together that I hope you and Kari can hear as the morning progresses without judging us too harshly."I hope that, when you hear it, we don't end up scaring the two of you off. Gregg and I have known you for awhile. And having met Kari last night and gotten to know her better this morning--and I think she's just a darling, by the way--I believe that you two were meant to be part of us here at J.A.M. and part of.