They, of course, still showed a level of one in each stat, however there were three different-length bars beside them. The attack was the longest foll...wed by speed, and the defense was the shortest.I turned to her and then pointed to the display and asked, “Amenthia, what are these bars beside the stats?”“Those are the progress bars for your various stats,” She said, pointing to the strength stat. “They increase as you perform certain acts and will allow you to increase that stat, once you have. The next few hours were fairly nerve wracking. He could just see some street gang discovering him and deciding to have a little fun. He missed the security his old body used to give him. This new one was just built for looking good. It wasn't practical at all. He even had to be careful not to crush his breasts just looking around the corner.It was close to eight o'clock before Michael Kingston finally appeared. It was starting to get dark and Paul was on the verge of giving up. Paul almost. George’s conversational, matter-of-fact mentioning of her fucked-up and drunken state last night and linking it with his experience with his wife left her speechless. She sipped on her coffee and looked at George’s no longer smiling face across the table. He obviously saw no need between them to hide anything behind apologies and evasions.So, Jennifer, after hesitating for a moment, asked, “Your wife, where is she?”“We divorced. Sasha has moved back to Sydney. Banks Estuary was too boring for. " Good," I tried not to sound too surprised. Matthew's ego was always pretty fragile."Yeah, actually, I wanted to talk to you because I'm starting a business," I could hear him lighting up with excitement. I didn't believe a word of it."So you need a lot of money?" I pointed out, knowing he was not thinking things through."Fuck off," He growled, "I came into some good luck and Debo-Ms Flynn had these plans for a catering company. I think I can pull it off." Yeah? Don't you have to have a chef?".