"Hm," she mused, "almost a year now." What happened to your ma?" I asked the girl, trying to look pleasant."None a'your business," she said, tossing a...bit of gristle over the side."She ran off with another boat owner, rich Tory down Brooklyn way," Nancy said with a smile. "Silas and me, we was living together already. Sue don't like me much." Whore bitch," Sue spat at the older woman."She ain't really his daughter. Her father died. He was some sort a'kin," the woman said, finding a pipe in her. Lamar walked inside the room and shook the bed to get Tyler’s attention. “What,” snapped an annoyed Tyler.“Damn, I was just tryna see if you wanted to order a pizza.”“Sorry, Lamar. You just startled me.”“It’s cool, dude. Just don’t make it no habit. You gon’ order it online?”“Yeah, I can do that. What kind do you want?”“Thick crust. All meat.”“I’ll do it now.”Lamar tossed a twenty towards the bed purposefully missing his target. Tyler hopped up to grab it and when he did Lamar went to steal a. "Are you okay Jessica?" Gong asked."Nothing wounded but my pride," I responded honestly. I didn't likebeing called Jessica but I let it slide. My sessions with Gong wereuseful I felt certain. No point in getting on his bad side."You know..." Gong proceeded to dissect the fight and show me a numberof possible counters and moves I could have made, then linking them tothe forms.I absorbed what he said. I felt that my fighting technique wasrudimentary at best. Without super speed, strength and. "Roquan frowned at this. "Can we not exonerate Jollis in the same manner?" I do not know his background, your Lordship. Nor do I have any idea if he has any agenda other than his service to you. It is simply the fact that I do not know the man well that I cannot rule him out. At the same time, I do not see anything that clearly states he did do it. I am dealing in only possibilities at the moment."Roquan nodded, but it was clear from his curt manner that he was not happy with this. If it had.