.. but she had alwayssuppressed those thoughts. She was supposed to be a man. That was thelot she had drawn in life.By now, Mia already had the reveng... she deserved; but as far as Chrisknew, there could be more to come. Despite the tension of the moment,both Barbara and Mia had found the situation humorous; but they alsofelt for their son and brother, and shared Chris' relief that he wasn'touted in such a large crowd. For all intents and purposes, Chris stillwas safely hidden, back at home.. I looked down and saw that the pistol had hit the rock so hard that it was cracked in two rendering it incapable of ever operating again as it was designed to do. Once again the thought crossed my mind that I had failed in another endeavor.I got up from the stone and, carrying the symbols of my latest disappointment, made my way to my car. When I got there I noticed an old man standing by the driver's side door. I was still a bit befuddled so I was not too surprised to see him. He was a strange. Ah, bureaucracy can be overcome.”“It’s nice to have a friend with money, but I feel kind of strange getting this kind of preferential treatment.Ty said, “I’m certain that nothing specific got ordered or put on paper by Owen. His words to the GCs were only suggestions, and they just know he has a lot of sway about who gets business on lots of other jobs in the area. His words to the town were probably some oblique reference to ‘how fast the job could go with cooperating inspection teams, and, oh. Gina gasped and fell overbackward. The badly mauled superhero fell across Gina's body. Gina recovered quickly, andsat up, squirming to get loose. While Megaman tried to collect his wits andgather his strength, Gina kicked her bare feet free, and bounced to her feet. The huge, male crime fighter followed more slowly. Megaman's handsome,rugged face was bruised, and there was a trickle of blood at the corner of hismouth."Why are you doing this, Young Lady?" Megaman asked in puzzlement. Gina.