" I purred the phrase, hoping to manipulate him, as I was adept at doing in the past. He came over about an hour later, I ran up and gave him a hug an... a kiss. 'Oh, I knew you would be good to your mother!" He wasn't smiling, and did not return the hug. He said, "Mother have a seat so we can talk. This is not the first time we've discussed this. Do you realize how much money you have been spending? You're about to burn through the entire trust in less than 4 years since Dad died. You can't. How do you figure to handle this? I mean, if this Lewis guy is doing all this shit, he sure as hell ain’t gonna admit it to us.’ ‘Oh, I don’t know,’ Martin said, ‘if we give him a chance, he just might.’ ‘What do you mean?’ Sonny asked. ‘I have an idea,’ Martin said. ‘Why don’t you get hold of the P.A.’s office and see if they’re interested? I’ll drop by your office in the morning and tell you how I think we can get Mr. Lewis to admit his wrong-doing.’ ‘OK, Martin, sounds good,’ Sonny said.. She doesn’t even want to come to my place anymore, that’s obvious,” I said. “You’ve got her brainwashed, you and my asshole ex-brother. The way I see it, you’ve won. Be happy.” “Goddamn it, David, we have not brainwashed or tried to brainwash Jenna. You are right about one thing though; she really isn’t thrilled to go to your place anymore. But it’s you not us that is causing her reticence! Get that, big guy. It’s your doing!” “Oh yeah, right,” I said. “You’re not plying her with an endless. "Uncle suggested that your approach was rather unorthodox." Amanda's curiosity had obviously been aroused."It depends on your definition of orthodoxy," I responded. "For example, would we consider the villainous approaches of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu unorthodox? Or the deviant sexuality of American vaudeville performers?"The two girls looked at one another in disturbed embarrassment. "What are you?" Estelle snapped."I am someone who needs your agreement to what is planned for you. Without your.