He made three trips before he had all of them out of the house. Tran went out on the last trip following Jimmy. Butter told two of his men to take Tra..., Jimmy and the girls to my house and stay with them until relieved. I got on the phone and called the Director, bringing him up to date and whom I thought we had in custody. He asked to speak to Butter and whatever he said brought a smile to his face. I heard the sirens long before they came into the driveway. The first one in the door was Butch. They cease and desist, and you don’t take any action. If they do, then you do. Again, Mutual Assured Destruction. And, to be honest, you can hurt them worse than they can hurt you.”“How so?”“Let’s say they manage to wreck your reputation. You sell NIKA to Cindi, Elyse, and Julia, and retire. Your wives earn plenty of money, and you can do whatever you want at that point, including taking a job as a programmer, or running a consultancy, or being a philosopher, or teaching karate. If Volstead and. I liked the bloke. It had an interesting effect on the new arrivals. They all knew I had taken Toby with us after I left. Apparently, there was a lot of speculation as to why. They only had to see him with Kathy to see why.One of the first things I did on the second day we were back was to check on Heidi. She was still in the ship and was slowly coming to terms with her new situation. I asked how she was feeling and she said that she was over the illness and feeling a lot better.She was down in. Emily hesitantly started to undress. She had expected something likethis but the reality of it overwhelmed her. She was still trying toget used to the idea that she had just spend her life's savings tojoin this exclusive club. Emily was excited to be a member of G.M.I.D.but did not exactly know what to expect since not much about the clubis kwown to outsiders.She had finished stripping and put her clothesinto the basket given to her and was now staring at the red hot pokerheating in the fire..