They paused for a few moments to catch their breath, then got going again.It took a while for the adrenaline to die down. They just drifted down river... getting close to their stopping point. There was one more rapids shortly below Crystal, Tuna Creek. A couple of days before this would have seemed like a big rapids, but now, it was just a routine patch of white water, and they just followed the obvious line, a little more water splashing over the side. Before long, Scooter told him. "Stay left,. When he died, the board threatened to file for bankruptcy if any of them retired. That would wipe out their entire retirement. Some have been there since before my father bought the company. When my father died, they put in one of their drones to take his place and told me I had no rights or claims to the company. The only reason my daughter was even brought here for dinner tonight is that the entire board signed a contract that they would resign if it didn’t happen. Lawyers for the company. .like just a couple minutes ago. Said she was looking for a bigger bed for her room...for reasons she couldn’t explain to me...” Kiki informed us. Kyle turned to us with a smile. “Damn were we lucky. My mom takes forever to shop for furniture and stuff so that means we got at least 2 or 3 hours ‘till she gets back.” “Sweet,” I replied. Jay showed his enthusiasm with a wide grin that wielded dirty thoughts entering his mind.Just then I heard another female voice from the kitchen. “Ooooooh, Kyle. The one he'd paid 3500.00 to have reupholstered...The one with the three hundred dollar button off faceplate Sony CD player and top of the line JVC speakers...The one he'd spent hundreds of hours perfecting the body to better than new ... the Jeep that was going to win the Twenty Fourth Annual Rod and Custom Car-Show.) ... drive off with a 17 year old girl seated in his Recaro electric seat. He looked at the turn signal flash right, and disappear around the corner. He looked at the five hundred.