”“That seems agreeable. With that, you’re conceding to the release of all your captives?”“All the low-ranking officers. We’ll hold the hig...-ranking ones for a bit more, as we can guarantee their survival for an extended time. Once again, our keeping them is conditional on our seeing a change in attitudes. We realize we’re still at war, but we refuse to argue with those inherently untrustworthy.”“What about those I was originally meant to negotiate for?”“We’re hardly animals,” Rollsqmarsh. "Rita told all of the others, "Let Sal tell us what the reward is. The value he places on it is what we need to feel is the reward."I had heard that, turned to Rita, and winked at her. Not only was she a new mother to Deuce, but a very smart mother to my new son.Marilyn's son sat next to me as he brought his plate full of food from the kitchen one morning. After taking a healthy forkful of food into his mouth and chewing it, he looked up to me slightly and asked, "Am I supposed to call you. ’ Kyle said reaching out to shake his hand. ‘Good morning Kyle, what’s on the agenda today?’ ‘Well, the numbers came in for the Hardison deal. The higher-ups are very impressed.’ He handed Jace the papers to look over while they walked into the office and took their seats. ‘Well…looks like we have struck gold. Cha-Ching!!!!’ He said, raising his fist and bringing it back down again. He was feeling great. That feeling was short- lived as his mind ran back to the situation with Reagan. Kyle. She walked over and lifted the bathing cap off my head. Our faces were about six inches apart. Her eyes looked into mine with a direct, unflinching gaze. For a second I thought she was going to kiss me. For the next five seconds I thought I was going to kiss her.She broke the spell, picked up her towel. 'Before we begin, let's dry you off. Wouldn't want a guest catching cold.' I felt the thick towel on my shoulders. She moved around me, and smoothed the towel across my skin, down my arms, to my.