"Two for smuggling, seven for dereliction of duty or bribery, and all for fraud and conspiracy to defraud the child-Empress of custom and duty." Is th...t all of them?" Sable asked.Ban-Den nodded, with an odd smile for her. "All the ones who brought materials into Sea's-Home untaxed. Huídào's brother bought up the ready stores from the Mineral Consortium, and asked for more. It would seem someone, likely one from the Mineral Consortium, arranged for larger quantities of nitre and sulphur to enter. Helen definitely felt aroused, and couldn’t help wondering if she was getting it wrong. The young girl now moved to the foot of the couch again. She grasped Helen’s left leg and bent it at the knee, rubbing her left palm (with the right hand on top) slowly up Helen’s leg. She didn’t stop at the knee, but went all the way up to her hairs. She straightened the leg again, and did the same thing with the other leg. She repeated this twice more, each time pressing harder against her groin. Helen. Fairly soon they needed more deliveries of crack to satisfy their habit.The more they smoked rock, the more they couldn’t manage their business. They kept money in their vault, and because of the overflowing vault, they then made huge deposits at the local bank that had a branch in the ‘hood. No one would bust them there. They rinsed their money every week, and the bank made sure no one knew. The bank kept their clients’ deposits quiet and invisible. They also charged a lot, and paying the bank. At breakfast I asked mom if I could do odd jobs for Mr. Thomas doing chores and yard work as he had said that he was kind of looking for someone to help when I had been there yesterday selling chocolates. Mom said as long as you do your chores at home and then want make some more money that would be okay as she knew Mrs. Thomas from quilting meetings. Halfway through my chores Nicole came over, Nicole was going around the neighbourhood selling chocolates and had only sold half of her box.