I decided to get right to the point.“Stacey is leaving me and, at the least, wants to minimize my position with my daughter,” I said. Yes, I know ...hat was maybe an exaggeration taking into consideration what she’d actually said, but I had gotten a very bad feeling from her tone and look when she laid it all on me.“Excuse me! You and Stacey! I mean you’re quits?” he said.“Seems so, yes. She laid it on me this morning. There’s more, but that’s the bottom line,” I said. “Boss, I need a couple of. I wish you'd never had to go through it, I really do, but... it's all I've ever known of you." I hate it, El. It's not a trophy, I can't see it as a scar. It's a reminder, all the time, that something stole my teens, and my figure." Are you really unhappy?" I'm... You make me happy, El. You know that. But I shouldn't need someone to make me happy. I feel... limited. You say I've beaten it, but there are still things that I can't do because of it. I want to put it behind me and never have to. The timing was going to be tight; in six minutes his father would be pulling up to the service entrance in the back, and in nine minutes Tanisha would be pulling up in the rental outside. This is really more complicated than it needs to be, Jon thought. There was no reason he couldn't have just walked out with Tanisha, or maybe with Jennlynn and Will, but after the last few days and especially after the joke of an alleged "press conference" there were some things he wanted to say. Whether. Kickbacks are a part of being in politics, and I don't knowanyone in city government that isn't getting his share. I didn't spendhalf a million dollars on my campaign last year for nothing. The suckers-- well should I say taxpayers? -- gave me the keys to the city treasuryand I intend to empty it while I'm in office."I shook my head. "It's one thing to steal from the taxpayers, sir, butwhat about the animals? Why close the tunnels?" I've got to prove that the tunnels we build, if we build them.