The girls watched in horror. Rik began stamping on Jack while he crawled to get away. "I FUCKING WARNED YOU! YOUR A REAL BADASS BEATING UP A DEFENCELE...S WOMAN!" Jack grabbed a bottle and threw it at Rik. Rik raised his arms to protect his face. When he looked up Jack was out the door. Rik ran after him. Jack crawled into an old pickup truck and sped off. "You lucky bastard!" Rik said to himself. He walked back into the house to find the two girls. They were curled up in a corner of the room. "Max Kelly and his sales manager were standing in front of us in less than half an hour. The first thing that happened, before anyone could say a word, Max handed a check to Marcy for 184 thousand and change."I am truly sorry that this happened and ashamed that it happened at our dealership. I can assure you that we have made the necessary changes to prevent it from happening again at any of our outlets. The amount is what the detectives and we found after a complete audit. It includes all. Naples had not remarriedafter her husband had passed on, but had focused all of her energies on thefamily business, where Basil and Beryl worked during their holidays, and onbeing a full time Mum. ?Basil, dearare you giving Beryl trouble?? Mum asked severely. ?Your sister takes a greatdeal of trouble to see to your needs, dear. I specifically asked her to makesure you got your bath and were tucked in before she went out with her friendstonight.? Basilflushed scarlet. What could he do with his. " Oh, no!" Whatever happened, that couldn't be good."Fortunately the doctor intervened again. He said not to, that he'd write a letter to the department, but I've got a suspicion that he's just going to write a note in the record that it needs to be done, and then 'forget'." Wow." Anyhow, I have to go, it's raining bad out here, and I'm not supposed to use my phone inside. I'll call you later. See ya." Hang in there. I'm fine here. Bye."He called his dad to let him know that he'd probably be.