It doesn’t matter what you say or do, they know they are right and if you disagree with them the only thing to do is kill you. You can’t reason wi...h them about that subject. You can leave them alone if you want, but sooner or later they will come looking for you because they know you are wrong and should be killed.”Tony added “You can agree with them just to get them to leave you alone, but that just makes them want you to prove you’ve converted to their way of thinking, and they’ll want you to. I need to keep you, not the other way around."I'm not sure what I said, so much relief was going through me I think I was incoherent. I found myself looking at her and smiling, a smile that included my head and shoulders and most of my chest."You should keep the money," she said. "I didn't earn it— earning is when you know you're doing it for money. You did the earning, you keep it."She stopped for a moment and grinned so I knew I had a surprise coming. "Can we watch the movies? I want to talk. I am soooo glad I had the guts to offer you a drink. I fall back giggling. So am I, so am I!! We cuddle, talk, kiss, cuddle, discuss each others outfits, and I fess up to my stocking fetish and she says if I enjoyed tonight, theres more where they came from. We keep talking and I wonder if there will be a round two, or if I should ask to to spend the night, because Im not 100% sure how she feels, but the talk gets sillier and sillier and eventually a pillow pops me and the only thing I can do. Damn! Graydon thought. This is like talking to a thunderstorm!“Young man,” Goode rumbled again. “Do you have any idea? Any idea at all what Purdy Kendricks has laid on you? I’ve barely got half a grip on it myself, and I’ve handled his affairs for over twenty years, and my father managed them for nearly thirty years before me. That’s him, on that far wall, by the way.”Graydon and his friends looked to their left: centered in an opening above the bookcases, highlighted by small spotlights, an.