An aerial survey found several collapsed buildings and half a dozen carcasses of cars and trucks. I had all the metal roofs and auto wrecks hauled out...by helicopter and disposed of. The survey showed that there was no flat land larger than a large glade anywhere on the property.How could I afford all this? Unlike what I'd suggested to my brother, after a couple years I split my funds into half-and-half, long term commodities and short term investments. My talent for math hadn't let me down as. I understand that you made an appointment with out marketing department for this morning." Yes Mr. Conner I did, please come in."The woman opened the door and Jackson walked into the house. It was your typical residential two story home, living room, den, formal dining room and kitchen on the ground floor and four bedrooms upstairs. It was well appointed, the decorations lovely and the furniture new and sparkling clean but it was the beautiful Emily Wilson that caught his eye.Jackson realized. "You increased it that much? I only had it to 50 million, damn Mark, here I thought you weren't working on any thing." Sam said when she found her voice."I am always working on new ideas," Mark replied, "it's always good to stay ahead of everyone."Mark looked over at Nissie hoping that would put her fears more to rest. The strain behind her smile was enough to convince him that it was time to get up and get going. Calling up his display, he saw that Tantka hadn't gotten all that far, smiling. I don’t know why we are the way we are; I mean us five. Four of us have been friends for three or more years, but I had no inkling that when Rhee and I started up that we’d add the others.“We’ll be starting on the remodel of this house in a couple weeks, we think, but once it’s done, we’ll have more facility for overnights. We’ll invite the whole LTG at times, but, perhaps, we should invite just Cera and you at times, just so we get to know each other better. I don’t know that you two or us.