And even if it were, you’re not doing that anymore. No. No, no, no, no, no!”After that, he’d gone straight to Penny and laid his head in her lap... She stroked his hair, and asked what was wrong. He said he didn’t want to talk about it. So she hummed him a soothing melody and kissed him softly on the head. When he sat up again, she nuzzled against him and said, “I love you.”********LaurenShe danced, she bought drinks and got free drinks, she flirted and laughed and made playlists. Lauren looked. . insurance and it can pay for your car and m ... medical bills.”“Th ... thankfully, he was insured and paid more than m ... money for his stupid ass mistake, he was killed at the scene.”“Can I ... I ask the same thing about your scars and how you got them?”“I was shot tw ... twice, once in the left shoulder and above my ear and dumped in an irrigation canal. The shooter thought I was d ... dead.” He removed his hat to show her the unique operation scars.“Oh my god, that must have been. And today would be a double bonus for him, because if there was one thing he could not tolerate was a business that had not only ignored VAT returns and Government Tax demands, but also ran a business that he deemed immoral and degrading."So Miss Grant I see you still have not filled in the assessment I left with you last week?" he sneered from behind his big desk."As I told you the business is no longer owned by me, I just look after the interests of it. And as I explained to you when we last. The next day, they returned to their home ranches and waited for further orders from Judge Hughes in Austin. Caleb had sent the Judge a full written report which took all of two pages! He had not started out to be so verbose, but he felt that the long text was justified by the scope of the operation. He spent his time waiting for further orders from the judge by doing the many chores that were needed to keep a working ranch a going concern.Susan was making a quick recovery, it appeared that the.