Jake did 'rescue' me.So, as we sat around on Christmas Eve sipping cocktails and getting caught up with things, I idly wondered if Robert would be the...e. Since his father died, we didn't see him or his family as often. His mother became very reclusive.But as luck would have it, my mother had persuaded her to come and there she was in entryway with Robert by her side. Robert - who looked a little haggard. Robert - who was not accompanied by his family. I saw him look quickly around to see where. When I got to within five feet of her I ran smack into an open classroom door. I hit the floor and everything I was carrying flew out of my hands. I heard a bunch of laughter but couldnt tell where it was coming from. I started picking things up as fast as I could so I could make a quick exit. I stood up and heard an angles voice behind me say You dropped this. I turned around and there she was. My jaw dropped open as her eyes started burning holes in the speech center of my brain. I suddenly. Tyanna's brother was in prison and would be for another dozen years. Her sister had four children from four different men and lived in subsidized housing only a few blocks from where Tyanna grew up.The fathers of Tyanna's nieces and nephews were either dead, in prison or unknown. There was no child support and a 10th-grade education hadn't done her sister a bit of good. Her father had wept when Tyanna graduated high school and was accepted to UCLA.Tyanna didn't enjoy the other changes in her. Hawthorn appeared to mull over this threat for a couple of holes; we could tell that he had stopped concentrating on golf by the way his score skyrocketed. There was no need to read his mind to see his determination mount to resist the pressure from the criminals. He decided to play along and asked how much this "tax" would be. He nearly fainted when the rate was set at 50%; there was no way he could make operating expenses if he had to pay out that much! He was sure that this was just a.