"I run three businesses from the house. I own everything free and clear. I make enough that my wife, the one that I 'keep the house' for, doesn't even...have to work. And to top it all off, my wife who wants for nothing comes home to me every night." He stopped at that, letting the words sink in for a moment before continuing."And Brad, if you want to belittle my success based on the fact that I answer to no one but myself, you really need to rethink your argument." He smiled and glared at the. Greta's eyes were filled with fear and dismay.Parris wondered which of them his boss would kill first.McTeague said, "Hello, Troy. Glad you could come by. Hope you don't mind if Loopy joins us." At that moment Parris felt a big hand on his shoulder. Loopy pushed him into the room. Parris hadn't spoken, but McTeague said, "No use offering excuses. No use pleading for mercy. You betrayed us. You betrayed the Ranch. You betrayed me." His voice, which had been calm, grew louder. "I gave you your. The last thing I wanted was to fall into their clutches because they were notorious for total lack of mercy to American females regardless of age or beauty. I had seen the propaganda videos in training and my innards cringed at the memory of the disgusting loss of dignity visited on the poor victims of their vicious methods. Our recruit training procedures paled in comparison to their imaginative use of depravity to break the spirit of the female prisoners to remove any semblance of resistance. If you're weirding out on him all the time, he's naturally gonna gravitate more to someone who isn't. But it's not all bad news; you've got a secret weapon!"Christine reluctantly dropped her hands and opened her eyes. She added in a wary voice, "I do? What?" ME! You see, most of the time, Alan is with just this woman or that woman instead of two or more at once." Of course that wasn't true lately, and Amy hated to lie, but she figured that Christine's case required extreme measures.She.