" Man, you think rape is screwed up in the States, you know that it's much worse here. If my sister had been here, one of her fucking relatives would ...ave to do an honor killing because she was raped and was used goods." Sorry that I can't be culturally sensitive to these different life styles. My first tour taught me enough about the Taliban mindset that I didn't mind at all tossing a few grenades and firing a few well-placed rounds." Problem is, Bradford, those stories aren't over. Every day. Myleigh questioned her on a few points, if only to get a better idea of what her thinking on the subject was.Finally, Susan reached the end of her list. "So," she asked, "what do you think?" Well, first I must say that I'm a little disappointed that you have ranked Weatherford so low," Myleigh told her, "although I suspect I can understand your reasoning in wishing to do so. I understand that you like your parents, but wish to loosen the apron strings a little, so that much is laudable. I. That way we may be able to increase sales marginally which would mean that we would retain and possibly increase slightly a sizeable chunk of our income and you should make rather more than the £105 I mentioned a moment ago. Perhaps you and Dick might like to chew that over for a couple of minutes while Jenny and I renew the coffee and biscuits." Er, thank you."The Jays disappeared to the kitchen."Brilliant, darling," whispered Jenny hugging James tightly. "I'm sure Dick will be on our side.. It was still technically a condo, but sure didn't seem like it to me."One of the fortunate things," Steph explained to me, "is that John did leave me in excellent financial shape. He had a surprising amount of life insurance — I guess that they got some special group rate at the hospital — and he had his own 401K, and other retirement savings. And his partners were able to sell his partnership, so I got repaid for what John had put in. When I sold our old house, after he died, it was at the top.