Sharon herself had learned to give him a hard time, so he knew to leave her alone.(She remembered about the time when she was seventeen and Stan had g...oped her as she passed with a tray and told her how beautiful she was.) Sharon still wished she had been stronger then, to tell someone; but had let it go, preferring to toughen up and deal with it by giving him a hard time in front of the other regulars. Stan walked up to the bar.“Closed, Stan. You missed last orders,” Sharon said without. Owen’s new bodyguards are armed and highly trained.Ann asked, “Do any of us know why somebody is focused on Owen?”Owen stood to address the group. “Let me try to answer that. First off, the basic answer is no. I know of no specific threat against me. Mark Worthington tells me that all somebody has to hear is that I have billions in networth and suddenly everyone thinks I have millions lying around my home in loose change. I hope you all know that’s not the case. I grew up and still live. Darcy looked up and saw me. She waved. I waved back. When Kari saw me, I waved at her too. I walked down and they both came over.I said, "I told you I would wave to you, Kari." Yes you did, and you even have on an orange bathing suit. Nice abs."Darcy said, "Six so far but we still have another practice this afternoon."Kari asked, "Six what?" So far today, I made six mistakes. I have to count how many I make today. I have played five wrong notes and had one misstep while marching." I did that in. ” We ate and talked, catching up on the time since the wedding. After dinner, we retired to the sunroom, drinking wine and telling stories. After the long day, we were tired, and a little tipsy, so we wished our hosts a good night and retired to our room. “I’m so glad to be here.” Karen smiled. “It’s been too long since we got away.” Hugging her and kissing her softly on the lips I said. “Agreed.” “It was nice of them to invite us out.” “Are you sure you’re OK being here?” “Of course.” She.