She found her raincoat hung up near the upstairs fireplace and her scarf and put them on."Well, aren't you even going to offer me a hot toddy or somet...ing, for the road?" she smiled. It was a sad smile."Oh my dear, where are my manners? Of course! What would you like? How about a hot buttered rum?" Oh, alright, thank you. I don't normally drink, but after tonight, I think I need one." she answered him.She sat there on his antique settee and crossed her slender legs. They were somewhat sore from. Greed, crime and corruption were rare but not entirely eliminated from this morally aloft civilization.The original Larthop had prepared for his eventual demise before he could reach his goal of obtaining god like power by collecting and utilizing twelve tokens of power. Pieces of a Cosmic puzzle that when completed would elevate him to omnipotent levels.Larthop the clone was exactly like the original, possessed the same Psionic powers and held all the knowledge and gathered life experience of. He stared instead at the three coins."I will add that they seem to appreciate in value against the Amero almost five percent a day."Jim looked up, somewhat stunned. He had finally done the math in his head. "You offered me one-hundred and twenty thousand for the acreage. This is well over that amount."Bryan shook his head and glanced at Silver before answering. "I think it is plain to see that I am not an idiot," he said slowly, deliberately. "So you will forgive me if I ask you to kindly shut. With his hand in one of the garrotte's loops, he stepped out from behind the porch and ascended it quickly, soon standing before the door and peering inside. The kitchen that he looked into was beautiful, filled with modern, stainless steel appliances, and was as spotlessly clean as only homes with stay-at-home moms could be. Nothing was out of place, not a dirty dish in the sink or a single food item out of place. The thought of how the kitchen would be in the weeks that followed, after the.