" I offered my hand and he shook it as he smiled. "I'm Meg's father, Tom O'Brien. It's great to finally meet you." Likewise, Sir." Listen, Meg and her...mother went to the grocery store just before you pulled in. They'll be back soon. I'm going to go around back and finish mowing the lawn. You go inside and make yourself at home. The guest room is upstairs, second door on the right."I thanked Mr. O'Brien, and went inside to put my bags up. On my way out of the guestroom, I almost ran into. The large masked man who knocked her out is sitting on a chair infront of her and he says " Don't waste your energy trying to get away, the only way to get out of those cuffs is with a key " he shows her the key and then puts it in his pocket and he says " You have been a very, very bad girl and now it's time to be punished for your sins ".The large masked man leaves the room for several minutes and comes back with 2 very large 150 pound French Mastives { I think that's how it's spelled } dogs. " My God! Isn't that dangerous for you?" No more than for anyone else, and my blindness makes a good cover... "But... ?" But be quiet and let me finish," he said. "I have to tell you this. Yesterday, when we first met, I was friendly because I thought I could use you. And the more we talked, the more certain I was. You were situated perfectly, living right here in this building. And then when you invited me to dinner... well, that was when I intended to offer you the proposition... "What. Lilly had a lot of work to do with Peterson Manufacturing with thecompany now fully owned by the family. She got a lot of the patents thatshould have remained with the company returned to them then had themsplit with the creators so they were properly compensated for their ideasinstead of forfeiting them to the company once it was awarded. It wascontroversial among the senior management but the few who were againstdoing that were of the belief that the company owned everything youcreated.