The creature stepped back gnashing teeth as another emerged to replace the first. Allowing no quarter, Raven struck a deadly blow, infuriated by such ...owardice and disrespect, his sword severed the head in single merciful blow. With such precision, for a moment it seemed suspended, delayed, until the creature flinched, did the halves fall. The predecessor leaped into battle spear jabbing the tile where Raven once stood, and recognized his failure before crumbling to three parts. The stranger. “Here’s the deal, Mr. Amos. I will tell you what people are thinking. You will use that knowledge to make a lot of money. Then you will give me a big chunk of it.”“A lawyer cannot share his revenue with a non-lawyer. It’s one of the rules of ethics.”“But you have employees.”“Of course.”“Then I’ll be your employee, at least on paper. You will pay me a salary of ... What do you pay your attorneys?”“They start at eighty thousand. I pay bonuses when cases settle.”“You will pay me eighty thousand.. .. yeah." Is she married?" No ... widowed," he said, squeezing Lily's hand again.His father was silent for a moment, and Lily expected the worst. At some point, she'd pressed her face to Rich's to hear what his father said. Rich liked feeling the warmth of her cheek against his, but he didn't like the look of terror on her face."Rich, listen to me ... you have to be careful. You're too young to be a father to anyone, hear me? I'm not saying you have to leave this woman, but you have to make. "You're not in bad nick," she opined."I try to keep in shape." My father's such a fat pig. I don't know what my mother ever saw in him. It pisses me off that there's a part of him in me. I sometimes think there must have been a mix-up at the hospital." You don't get on then?" Don't get on, don't not get on. I just try to keep out of his way." I see." I somehow sense you share my contempt." Your father and I have history." I kinda figured that," Olivia ventured. "I knew I couldn't be that.