.. with the time." No sir ... my grandmother placed the bet for me." My life's savings. One hundred dollars." I split 31 million with my grandmother."... started laughing ... when I quit I told him I'd rather bet on him than something as chancy as a horse race. He said he appreciated that ... and did I know who was going to win the Series. I confessed that I'd like to bet but no book in town would let me ... and Grannie died this past spring."Well ... my crystal ball has told me that it's three. He loved his adopted sister more than life itself but sometimes she was so irritatingly “good” that he left her to her cleaning in the tiny hut and he visited the Gypsy girls in the nearby camp next to the fast-running river that flowed from the higher peaks even in the coldest weather.Hans accepted the fact that the girls in the Gypsy camp were usually dirty in stark contrast to the impeccable Greta, but sometimes a lot could be said for dirty and he just washed off their faces before getting. Then feeling my try to pull up her skirt, she pulled my hands away.“No, you’ll have to wait till later.”, she said with some regret in her voice. “Now behave yourself and go and talk to your brother while I finish up here.”I did as I was told, and a few minutes later I heard the unmistakable sound of her high heels hitting the hardwood floor, as she slowly walked down the hallway.We both looked over as she walked into the living room and my brother’s chin almost hit the floor as his eyes took. Wayne and Jada Seldon had started their own computer technology development firm by selling off a chunk of his Microsoft stock before the price had dipped in the late 90’s and they had moved their base of operations to Northern Virginia. Doctors Charlie and Lily Richards had accepted positions at a prestigious Washington area teaching hospital. Charlie was serving as the head of the Research Department and Lily had been named their Chief of Surgery. Intern J.J. Hanson had transferred from.