The evening had possibilities after all. "Amazing," the woman said. "He comes in here knowing how much trouble he's in, and he still hits on me. You w...re right, Katherine. He needs very serious adjustment." "I told you so," Katherine said. "I'll take the responsibility. With a little luck, I'll have my litigator back in... what... five or six years?" "More like ten, I should think." The woman seemed to be studying Hugh like some sort of animal in exhibit. "Excuse me," he said. "Would it be too. There was an immediate response of "3".So Pastor Jones called "4"."5"."6"."7"."8"."9"."10".There was silence through-out the room ... The auctioneer quickly closed the auction and it was all done. Pastor Jones had bought himself a talking bird.As he went to pay for it he mentioned that $10 was a bit much to pay for a bird... "Are you sure it can talk?" Of course I'm sure, who do you think was bidding against you? The silly bird never learnt to count past ten or we'd still be here."So Pastor. Up to that point I had never considered the idea of living in a city and there being other people. Having never lived in a city or having never been rich, I didn’t take others into consideration.“Society? What do you mean, Opal Anne?”“Paul, rich people have parties with each other. They like to show off being rich and making themselves feel like they are better than others. That’s how they set up the pecking order. More money, prettier wives, better furniture, more servants are the measure. I. It had Zylen’s essence all around. “How did I get here?” “I carried you in after you fainted.” I closed my eyes and tried to remember all that had happened. “I don’t remember fainting.” “What do you remember?” I took a deep breath, then shared with Zylen everything I could remember including what occurred in the interrogation room with Uri. Zylen’s eyes darkened, anger filled his face, and he darted out of the room before I could stop him. Zyana and Kizzy rushed in and helped me up. I was weak.