I don’t think we can ever go back to just being friends. Probably because he’s still in love with me and I’m still in love with him. I’m looki...g forward to seeing him this Christmas. I am so excited. I haven’t seen him since he moved to North Carolina to be with the rest of his family. He’s been down there for 5 years…after the 4 th year he stopped begging me to move down there. I remember the night before he left when he was crazy drunk and he was begging me to leave the next morning with him.. Simple as that”. Lisa just smiles “I can’t help how you feel Ellen so let’s just agree to disagree and let’s start my education”.For the next two days Ellen takes Lisa through every aspect of the business. She even begins to soften her antagonism towards Lisa. Lisa studies contracts, emails and other correspondence. Friday arrives and Lisa comes to work conservatively dressed. Ellen even says how nice she looks. Things are looking up. Barry runs through questions Mr Ridges might ask which Lisa. "These two," the mother said, "as you can see, are of courting age, and they both think me cruel and horrid to refuse to let them associate with the young men who appear with such great regularity, all bearing presents and all asking only to sit and chat with them in our small parlor. Under strict supervision, of course. Or take them to a rout, or out riding in a carriage. You understand?"The girls both nodded and both sniffed, looking at me from the corner of their eyes. They were, judging by. I knew she’d never do that under any circumstances, and that it was a bluff. “The nuclear option, right out of the box.”“Like I said, I wanted her terrified.”“So, did she buy it?”“She broke down and sobbed. It was so sad. She begged me to forgive her. That poor girl loves you as much as I do.”“So what happened then?”“Then we sat down and talked about things. It was kind of liberating, actually. We’d never talked about all of this, not in detail. I knew quite a bit already about you and your ....