Because of whom was he about to substitute a severe punishment with death? Was it no his great great nephew and his spoiled son who started it all?Kil...ing a coreless boy ... He cursed Zax, too, for revealing his true potential and at the same time felt fortunate for not missing it. The old man cursed himself, too.Four low class eyewitnesses. The old man could not allow that. Now, he no longer doubted over the existence of an expert behind Zax and was not keen on betting on his and the family's. It gives me a little extra income.”“I’d think as a medical doctor, you wouldn’t need extra income.”“You’d be thinking wrong, Jason. I mean ... I’m doing all right, financially but I’m by no means wealthy. My practice serves many in the inner city, and many of those don’t have insurance, so we end up writing off a lot of our services.”“Actually, I think that’s a good and noble thing you’re doing, Aja.”“Well, thank you. At any rate, my cousin Daymon...”“He’s your Uncle O’s son?”“No -- his mom was. I almost fainted as I immediately recognized HIM; I smiled broadly while saying hello in a shaking voice: he stopped, recognized me and shook my hand. All the anguish I had felt in the past few months dissipated at that touch and at that moment I felt the happiest person in the world. He invited me to a nearby bar for a drink and I briefly told him what I had been up to since I had arrived in NY, except, of course, for my extra curricular activities which might have turned him off. He listened. Okay?" ... why?" You've been living here for weeks, Renee, and I hardly know anything about you."She glanced away. "I'm your synthetic. It's not like you need to know me." But I want to." He shrugged. "I won't force you to tell me stuff you don't want to. But I will tell you whatever you want, and I won't get mad." Anything, huh?" She pet the book in her lap, eyes distant. Questions, inquiries she would never have posed to Claude or Zack, rebelled against her better judgment; the last thing.