Ellen had gotten drunk and I had used that to my advantage and used and raped her, even after she told me that she was placing herself in my hands for...protection.What a fucking BASTARD I was! I reasoned, as I heard the sound of the shower water spraying, through the wall of the other bathroom.I know how fragile and delicate a woman's psyche is. My poor sister was probably in that shower, right now, (and had been for hours) crying her eyes out and trying to scrub the degradation, of what I did. " She turned to smile at Harry. "Much as I admire Master Grimes, he has no illusions about his abilities - thankfully Mistress Pinard is quite formidable and Madam Grimes was well-armed ... you, however..." she teased, turning back to Eddie."Anytime, anywhere, Li Kuan," he replied, grinning."Sometime, somewhere," she answered.Eddie watched his fiancé and sister sleeping in the guest room that had started out as Galena's, before she effectively moved in with Andrea."Makes you all weepy, but in a. Listing and selling houses is her core business. She works with investors, so she took on doing rentals—another source of income. Rentals and some of her listings need lawn care, repairs, and the like. So, you can see why I accepted when Frank Ingram, with his PR firm, and Jack Mass, investments, wanted to partner with me,” I explained.“Is that why you helped Wolf get started in the lawn-care business?” Brook asked.I gave her a little smile.“That was me being lazy. My dad kept getting on me. We topped a hill and surprised a small herd of antelope lying in the grass, sending them zig-zagging off at an incredible speed. By the time we came around the foot of a hill and skidded to a stop, it was pretty obvious to me why the Land Cruiser looked so beat up. To Cheyenne’s way of thinking, it was simply a tool, and meant to be used hard.She handed me the toolbox and pointed up the hill to a sandstone outcropping. “It’s right up there. Be careful where you step, and keep an eye out for.