There was no doubting the fact that Mendel Stromm was a certifiedgenius.But Norman Osborn, even though highly intelligent himself, was also oneextreme...y paranoid man. He didn't trust his former partner.What if Stromm's notes had been deliberately altered? Norman wouldn'thave put something like that past Mendel. Even for a genius, Strommwasn't ignorant about how things were in the world outside his lab. Hecould have very easily changed the formula in his notes to mislead, orpossibly kill, him.. "I know where you have been and what you have been doing. Christine told them." So what? Molly retorted. "Tell daddy if that is what you want to do." So then your father will boot Tony off the farm, is that what you want.?"The girls looked at each other..."Chris I'm sorry please don't do that." Tessa asked."I was not intending to, but as you two know it all. You leave me no other choice."Christine picked up her handbag. Molly caught hold of her sleeve. "Please Christine don't be. ”“This is Brunswick Heads,” I said. “We’re passing through the Nature Reserve.”“Isn’t it strange to have a major highway through a ‘preserve’?”“That’s Australia. There’s no extensive development. The town’s between the reserve and the Bay. Anyway, we’ve not far to go now.”I got onto Grays Lane, which magically became Black Rock Road as we entered the Tyagarah Nature Reserve. A few moments later I pulled into the lot on the right. There were a few cars and a ute there, and I pulled in as far. After checking in, we went to a local hole-in-the-wall restaurant before returning to the hotel.Shortly after arriving in our room, as my husband sprawled out upon the bed, I reached into my purse and produced something he had not seen before: an MP3 player. He watched me curiously, not saying anything as I also withdrew the normal-style headphones."When did you buy that?" he asked, studying the design of the small MP3 player."A few weeks ago," I answered, setting the purse aside and connecting.