”A smiling Hawk replied, “Now, you get an idea of where I’m going with what we talked about earlier. Theoretically we could have this entire pro...uct line in operation within six months.”“No wonder you want to get some of this operational while it’s ‘off their radar.’ This is going to create some major havoc.”“That’s why we may take a year or so to actually produce a finished product. We want to first establish all the primary components as products on their own, without a lot of fanfare. That. I was actually quite proud of my figure.My in-laws, on the other hand, were just average sized with Ranjan being the tallest amongst them and he too was almost my height only if not shorter. I initially hesitated about the union, thinking if I were to wear heels I would tower over him by half a head length but he didn’t seem to mind that. They were mature enough to accept me the way I was. Ranjan even said jokingly “I would always like to look up to you”.On our wedding night when we were left. She seemed disappointed. She did enjoy the food she had prepared. I thought it was her best meal ever.Father, his plate empty, rose and carried his dishes to the sink. He ran water over them and placed them into the dishwasher. "Lisa, Walter, please hand wash and dry the rest.Dad sat in his chair, reading Dostoyevsky. We clinked china and glass and bumped elbows."Has Father lied to you?" I whispered.She shook her head. I think she might have worried that I was being indiscreet. Whispering in. She wouldn’t be able to handle all the things you could and did.’ I held back a tear as I continued my questioning. ‘So you’re gentle and loving to her?’ He only shrugged. ‘Len is a gentle and loving woman.’ I sniffled a little, a tear beginning to run down my cheeks. ‘And I wasn’t?’ He shook his head. ‘You were a whiny, emotional child, Xiara. You needed discipline.’ I buried my face into my knees, halfway sobbing. ‘I didn’t need discipline! I needed love and affection, and the one human.