" Bob said McKenzie's track record was very good and Bob is planning on coming in for $500,000 of his own money," I said."John, the only way I see thi... as a viable investment is for the project to be under the control of the consortium; a joint partnership if you will. As your attorney, I advise you not to accept this deal on the terms presented," Tom told me. I always loved how the tone of his voice changes when he went into his professional mode."Hmmm... I'll let him show me the property and. They either got divorced or their wife or husband was just as work-oriented as they were and they barely saw each other. I don’t want that. We’re going to be able to devote the most time to a child in the next few years. Kids are also a lot more fun to raise when the parents are young enough to play with them. Those are facts we can’t ignore.”“I know,” Hailey said. “Maybe if this had happened in March or April, we could think that way. But we’re getting married in eight months.”“Oh, yeah,” Phil. His tighty-whities made me smile, and when I saw his posture, I wondered. Adie, a woman I recognized from our previous visit walked over to them. Adie was a big woman that I'd been disheartened to learn was vanilla and straight. She spoke to them, and they looked down, and nodded.They spoke a bit more as I watched, and the guy looked at his wife with a look of longing in his eyes. She shook her head at the big woman, and that ended their conversation. I caught her eye as she walked away. She. I will write you." "Id hope you would." She kissed me on the cheek and walked out. "Damn.." I got cleaned up and lit my pipe. I wrote in my journal. I was interrupted by a scientist. "Uh excuse me sir?" "Yes?" "This is from the R&D Dept. it’s a liquid that Helps ease the power increse and helps tap into some more mana….." the pause was long before he turned to leave. "Alright. Ill be-" "Doc…did you help make that thing?" "No but my father did. He told me everything. Notes, all of it." "Wha_".