“I didn’t like it at all. I realized that doing what’s right as a man isn’t anywhere as simple as it is for a kid. I’ve killed seventeen peo...le. No matter how much I hated some of them or how much they deserved it I destroyed something that had value. I have to live with that and be ready to do it again. That’s hard.”Ben tilted his head as his brow furrowed. “Seventeen?”Kevin sipped his drink then nodded. “One as a gift, three on the raids. I did those myself. I agreed the hacker had to die. I. I think she needs a newexperience. Do you think you could give her one?”The other guy moved in now and placed his arm aroundher waist. Man we could show her a really good time. Icould see her eyes were like a scared deer as she wasnow sandwiched between the two. I smiled and said,“That was what I was hoping you might say.”With that he slipped his hand in through the front ofher dress and cupped her breast. She looked at me tosee if I would make this stop but I was to excited. He thinks it’s smoke and mirrors. A veritable house of cards.”She thought for a while, probably wondering how much we financial neophytes could comprehend. “Look, it’s not that black and white. Different financiers interpret the same data in multiple ways. And investing in shorts can be extremely risky. Let’s see how Tesla pans out. But I trust Conrad, I worked with him on three different projects when I was at Chase. He’s convinced Triple-I is going to tank.”I said, “That’s not what their. He was very serious man and was not one to chat. I had attempted to turn our talk toward the mystery of his life. But, he was not forthcoming in this regard, but would adroitly dodge my queries. The conversation seemed to center on me almost as if I was being interviewed.We had been discussing my parents and I had been suddenly overwhelmed with grief. There was a pause and we both sat and stared at the fire. He had politely shifted his attention until I had composed myself.He turned to Lisa and.