He thought he remembered stairs so probably an apartment. She peeled off the filthy pants and damaged shirt to inspect his wounds. As she shifted him ...ainfully this way and that for a better look she spoke soothing words. Slowly he began to understand them. She was mostly talking to herself, cataloging his injuries, but she continued to assure him they were minor or superficial. As she cleaned and bandaged them she commended his luck in avoiding any internal injuries. He knew better though.. "Would you mind hanging on here, darling. The girl will be ready for me soon. I'll need you to apply the finishing touches."Merricat audibly sighs as takes a seat, one set to the side of the door through which she and Natalie have just entered.Now, for the first time, Natalie notices a blonde girl reclining on a pile of large silk embroidered cushions scattered harem-like beneath the remaining one intact wall. To her right is an enormous fireplace housing a roaring log fire. The pure white. And I control the Board. It’s not like I’m giving up overall control, just taking myself out of day-to-day operations. And Dad, you know Elyse is almost as conservative as I am. She’s not going to let things get out of control. She’s just more coolly analytical about finances because of her training. You know I’m not.”“No, you aren’t, at least financially. You’ve been trying to run the business like you run your personal finances. The two are very different things.”“Which is what I recognized,”. Some of them have too much of a certain chemical in their bodies that makes them stupid and mean. It's called testosterone. When that combines with alcohol, sweetheart, it's terribly poisonous. It makes them hurt other people." Well Mom, do I have any of that in me?" Not very much, Alicia dear. It simply didn't get a chance to develop in you. And the little shots you get twice a month help it go away too." Oh good! I don't want anything in me that would hurt anybody's mom!"Both of them had.