David had been left holding a very empty bag and the prime suspect of a far too brief investigation and trial. The feds had zero interest in his claim... of innocence and probably never even made a cursory search for Leonna or the missing money. He had been the prime and only suspect since day one. Certainly, none of the twelve jurors that sentenced him to federal prison for fraud and embezzlement believed a single word of his statements of innocence. The evidence against him was circumstantial,. Mom came in and offered me a beer which i accepted. She sat down beside me on the couch and said it would be a little while because Ellie got off work late and was still in the shower. No problem. Mom and i started shooting the breeze. She asked where I worked, how we met, etc, etc. AS we chatted I noticed her leaning in closer as we talked but I really didn't know what was going on. Ellie was 18 years old, I was 24, and her Mom didn't look to be much more than early 30s. Shortly Ellie came in. " Cancelled you stupid cow," he responded. "We cancelled it all a week ago when I found out about your cheating ways, and I never want to see you again you fucking, cheating cow."---------------I sat there on the floor crying my eyes out, abandoned by everyone, even Dave having disappeared. I heard Nick's dad apologizing to my parents for the charade, and shivered in shame as I heard their response. My parents, poor though they were, were very straight laced indeed.They stared at me with. I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t hit ten thousand.”Sandra’s jaw dropped even as Cathy’s pen fell on the floor. He had just casually announced that he could have $300,000 in sales for one program. Sandra couldn’t imagine that. She remembered him saying once that the future investments would be in software companies. She now understood why he had said that. The money in computers was mind blowing.Benny continued on, oblivious to the reactions of Cathy and Sandra. “We’ll need to write a new.