Noch im Flugzeug nach Rio hatte de Oliveira begonnen Irina zu duzen, auch seine Begleiterin schloss sich dem an. Irina blieb instinktiv bei der dista...zierten und auch etwas devoten Anrede. Von Rio aus flogen sie in einem kleinen Privatjet ins Inland. Maria, die junge Mulattin, ?bernahm die Rolle der Stewardess. Irina fragte, wie weit sie gehen m?sse um die Ausbildung und den Berufseinstieg ihrer Tochter zu finanzieren. De Oliveira runzelte die Stirn. ?Allein das komplette Studium w?rde nicht. "No," she said. "I called to ask how you are. The weather is only important if it affects you." Well, of course it affects me. You know how I get when it gets all muggy."Jeanette managed to find some reasonably non-controversial subjects. Then her mother took the bit in her teeth. "You aren't expecting are you?" No mother. I'm not pregnant." After nearly a year of trying she wasn't pregnant, but she hadn't let her mother hear her cry since she was 16. She damn well wasn't going to break her. Entrepreneur.A rich, multi billion-dollar man.When he was eleven, he had this dream of one day, when he got out of his mother’s shackles, of working to become super rich. Then he could enjoy the rest of his life squandering money while making even more money, even while sitting on the couch watching TV.Thinking of that idea, Lucas’s eyes sparkled.The number of rich men he killed could be counted by having only ten people, each using their hands and feet.He has witnessed a lot of rich men over. Alan wanted to take Julie to the hospital, but Julie insisted that they goback to his apartment. Alan carried Julie over his shoulder, into the lobby of his building andinto the elevator. He wasn't worried about meeting any of his neighbors atthis time of night, but he had no idea what he would say if one of them camealong and saw him carrying a girl in just her panties and shirt. Alan placed Julie down on his bed. Several nights before, he sat up the wholenight and watched Julie sleep because.