She had planned her retreat well; disposing quietly of all the near new machinery but in cover replacing it with much older machines thus not alerting...her financiers. She had however totally stripped the command electronic equipment from the less open spaces. All that was left of the company was not enough to cover the debts so the yard went into trustee – in - bankruptcy hands.Polack and Cowboy were hopelessly out of their depth once the yard was located and found to be available; Aggy wasn't. Pa whispered “Your ma fears you take after him. You’re a killer.”Now, I understood so much of the distance I had felt growing up. I had been unwanted and feared. It hurt my heart to feel I had somehow let them down and disappointed them just by living. I loved them, and craved that they love me back.“He was protecting me! He’s my brother! He’s a good person!” Eliza started to shout back. Dad just put up his trembling hand to soothe her and quiet her down.“That may be, and you can’t say it’s not. After a while, I was downstairs when Bree and Jeff came into the kitchen.They were their usual self's, like nothing happened, both looked happyand content.I, however, was embarrassed, and flushed in the face.I also couldn't take my eyes off of Jeff's crouch!I kept staring at it, or looking back at it, as the conversationcontinued about a movie, they saw last night.Jeff noticed my stares and slightly smiled.When Bree went back up to retrieve something in her bedroom, Jeff walkedright over to me. If Mike and I were going to arrange a wedding, we had to apply for amarriage certificate. It was the terms of the wager that a marriage hadto have been arranged. That included the certificate. Sam and I were nowdivorced so that was no problem. I had opened a bank account in the nameof Jen with a credit card facility. We had been able to fake papers veryeasily for that. I had proof of residence and that I was single. What Idid not have was a birth certificate or other proof that Jen.