My mother had got pretty distant over the last month. We used to be very close earlier and shared everything with each other but we had not talked for...more than 10 minutes at a time after my father passed away. After a final glance at the house, she looked at me and said, “Ok son”I drove her in and took her to the guest bedroom in the ground floor as she couldn’t move up and down the stairs very easily. I carried her onto the bed and laid her down. At that moment she looked at me and smilingly. It was about taking what didn’t belong to one. That’s called theft by the modern world and, as everyone knows, theft is wrong.Jade Force had not forgotten the lessons of history. It knew that war was about conquest and that conquest was about defeating the ruling body of a country. Although it had not issued the initial declaration of war, it was going to end the war.Countries were defeated and brought under the flag of the Jade Empire. The first countries to fall were Del Moray, Ismal, New. Rumors surrounded the whole affair before he left for New York City. Kristen stayed in Bergenville looking after other love interests and there were several.Soon after arriving in the Big Apple, Bjorn found a job on Wall Street where he became hugely successful. Two years later, Bjorn opened up his own shop, a hedge fund. It seemed that success followed him around like the rats following the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Within five years, Bjorn was nearly a billionaire.Leaving his hedge fund behind,. She looked at me as if studying a road map on my face. “I’m going to be honest with you, Brent. I still remember the hurt from that as I’m sure you do from your break up. I have not found a man in all these years that was worth risking that kind of hurt again. I like you, Brent, I like you a lot, but before I’d be willing to go any further I have to know about your relationship with Kris. As I said, she is still in love with you and I think you still love her. Is there any chance of you two.