Are you alright?" asked Ms. Portia in response. "Yeah," Jared responded, "I just turned the water on too hot in the shower, but I'm fine." "Alright, I...just wanted to make sure you were safe; I know how it is living by yourself. I'll go ahead and leave then. It was nice seeing you." "It's nice seeing you too, Ms. Portia," as Jared shut and relocked the door. Breathing heavily at first but then looking down at his foot and breathing a bit more slowly, it seemed as if he wasn't hurt at all. How. ’ ‘My … sister?’ ‘The second child of William and Anna deGranville.’ ‘Oh, dear Lord!’ ‘And she left me. Left me with pirates, to return to her comfortable, privileged life. You were born to replace me, and all that you have, everything that is yours, should have by rights been mine!’ ‘Jacqueline –’ ‘But what did I have? I grew up believing Philippe Merlion to be my father, until the night he raped me in my bed. Only then did he tell me the truth, as if the fact that we were not blood kin should. There we invaded the GM Truck plant. I didn't want much. I just wanted them to take a 1957 Chevrolet 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup frame and running gear and stick it under a 1957 Suburban two door body ... and I wanted the 250 hp fuelie 283 in place of the stuck in the mud 265. I waved money as I came in the door."We can do that," said the General Assembly Floor Supervisor. "Why didn't you order it from the dealer?" Believe me, I tried," What happened?" In case you hadn't noticed, I'm 15," I said. "In. "It's gonna take almost three hours to get to you, maybe another two for the run to Manila, depending on conditions. How much lead time does your target have?" Maybe an hour or two, it's gonna be close ... depends on how long it takes him to catch a flight out of Caticlan." I'll give you a call on the sat phone when I'm close." The docks are a mess. I'll meet you outside the port on whatever I can find that will float." I'll be there as soon as I can."After saying good bye, I went in search of.