My family had a laugh at my expense. I was alone, and thankfully two of my friends, Rishkesh and Sushant decided to drag my ass out of depression.Thei... cure was simple. A vacation in Goa.So, we planned ours out. My parents had some kind of club membership by which we would get a week off in some four or five star hotel every year, and we got ours in Goa. Because we hadn't used the damn deal in years, we had nearly a fortnight with two adjoining rooms in some beachside hotel, and I had nothing. Hawthorne’s associates and guests as ‘sir’ or ‘madam’ or ‘miss.’ Second, and this is my personal reason, sir, I must confess that my wife and I love Miss Tara as though she were our own daughter. Mr. Hawthorne has told me something of what you two endured last night. I have the utmost respect for you, sir, for what you did to protect Miss Tara’s honor and, in fact, her very life. In my eyes, sir, and I suspect in the eyes of everyone in this household, you are a hero. It would be gravely. This group sent messages home to let the others know how they were treated. By the following harvest, all but seven had joined their husband/father.With two hundred Kahjohngi slaves from Donnak and ninety-six pirate slaves, the wall around the salt mine was finished quickly. Not having to quarry the rock helped the wall go up even faster. They only had to load wagons with the loose rock and haul it to the site before building the walls.Some of the fields that had been plowed in preparation for. " he smirked a little bit. "You do have a pretty rockin'body."I charged towards him, my hand outstretched to slap him on the face, butI stumbled in the heels he'd put me in, and he managed to dodge out ofthe way."Hey, hey, take it easy, Elle! Don't chip a nail - I spent a lot of timegetting those right today!" I growled and dived at him again, this timemanaging to tackle him to the floor, where I landed on top of him with agrunt. I punched him, but it didn't seem to have much of an effect --.