Truly, our children have been our greatest blessing.Shortly after the birth of our last child, an assassin made it all the way through the outer defen...es and threw a knife at the King. I was distracted by my children, so I warned Scar just a little too late. He was able to stop the knife, but only by putting himself in the way. The knife had been poisoned, and I watched Scar's life ebbing in front of me. I was desperate, I had four young children, the youngest only a few weeks old, and they. He knew most people got paid weekly and if their tabs were not paid for after several weeks the bill would be bigger than they could pay off. Instead of "Seeing her old man" about the bills knowing full well they had overspent the housekeeping and the husband did not have the money to pay back . They also ran the risk of the husband belting the hell out of them for bringing shame on them . Frank would quietly ask them into the back room for a friendly cuppa and a chat . He would suggest so much. ”“But?”“As I said, Mr. Ramirez has plenty on his plate without taking on additional territory, but in this case, he has no choice. There is a group of thugs in Oakland who call themselves the Mau Mau, who want to expand into the Valley. They are looking to fill any vacuum, so we can’t leave one.“There also must be some changes. Sanchez ruled through fear and brutality. That is not how Mr. Ramirez does business. There will be no underage prostitution, no girls working the street, no one drugged. ’ ‘Tom? With that drawl you must be Tom. Where would you like to kiss me? God I haven’t seen you for six years.’ ‘Eight years. The lips please. Your cunt is all soapy.’ ‘Oh Tom, you’re in New York. You can’t talk to young women like that.’ ‘Like what?’ ‘Oh it doesn’t matter,’ Jane giggled, coming forward to kiss him. ‘Are you on the pill?’ ‘Um… er… yes, Gawd you can’t ask women that.’ ‘Ask them what?’ Jane giggled and felt his abs. ‘I’ve completely forgotten what I was going to say.’ The family.