He risked opening his eyes when no blow had come for a few minutes. Lying with him on the concrete, covered in spit and grime, was that very necklace....He couldn’t see clearly but he recognized what he would have once considered his most beloved possession. Now he didn’t know if it was worth it. He heard footsteps approaching rapidly. There was only one set, and they sounded too light to be the same men but he was taking no chances. He curled up and waited for the rain of strikes to begin again.. Ben considered his conversation with God. Did he feel that Isaac should die for what he had done or should he try to show understanding for the life that Isaac had led?He continued to let his view follow the shuttle while he debated with himself what to do. He could easily use his mental strength to stop the little ship which was speeding away from the Rebecca at top speed.Something on the edge of his view attracted his attention and he saw that it was a group of Zytol ships. As he watched, two. They tried to appease Mark who simply grabbed them both by the throatand held them against the wall and told them that they were NOT going tooperate upon me, that they would find their license to practice medicinerevoked for such blatant disrespect for their patients and that if theytried to practice medicine anymore, they would go to jail.By that time, Security came in and tried in vain to get them released.It took Stan to do it. He simply told Mark that he would take care ofthem.Stan made. I just wanted a little information--" here she seemed to grow concerned, at my checking up on her-- "--because if you were married or in a serious relationship, I would have backed off immediately."I moved closer to her and her leg went on top of mine. "But then I learned that Sergio was overextended and looking for a buyer. Within a week, I had made plans to buy the restaurant. So you see, I wasn't joking. I bought it to meet you." I stroked her face and her red lips parted, waiting for me to.