"Yeah, she's gotta be cool, though."She's, like, down on guys, right? Her brother was screwing with her, wasn't he?" Janey, one thing above all else: ... don't talk about other people's business. You've heard rumors about Jennifer; some are right, some are wrong." Well, if the ones I hear most often are true, she sounds like my kind of girl."I just looked at Janey and didn't say anything at all."See you two then, Saturday," Janey said, losing the battle of wills.After school, Janey sought me out. The seedlings could be shipped to larger farms and planted. He would take a small percentage of the crop as payment. Even one percent of the produced crops would be a huge payoff. In time, he could become one of the largest producers of seed stock in the country.Betsy thought about it, and smiled.“Could you use an investor?”“I’ve nearly got the investments that are necessary,” Dr. Parrish said.“But you can always use a little extra,” Betsy said.“Yes.”“Did you know that I am a partial owner of. ”After dog and girl switched I asked, “Ok, talk to me.”“They shot my daddy now they wanta shoot me.”She stopped, I waited for her to continue, she was mute.I reached over and patted her on the back, “You’re safe now.”“No I’m not, not half.”It poured out, “My daddy cooked meth and sold it to a biker gang, when they came; I was in the bedroom, I couldn’t see but I could hear. They had a hellava argument, accused daddy of shorting them; daddy musta reached for his gun ‘cause I heard one of them. The receptionist at the desk in front of Jack's office introduced herself as 'Mrs. Johnson'. I never heard her anyone call her anything else. She was gray haired, bespectacled and wore a white knit sweater over a dark blue print dress."Miss Kelvin is here, Doctor." She spoke into an intercom on her desk."Send her in please Mrs. Johnson."Jack Pelham had a great office! He had an upper corner that overlooked the bay, and the space was large and open."Nice office!" I said automatically.It was, but.