They weren’t wearing anything at all, other than robes with two silver badges on their chests with numbers on them—each badge with the same number.... All of the boys were fourteen. All of them had agreed to be here this evening and to provide any services demanded of them. All would be paid well.Most of them would be used—totally—and they knew it and, for the recompense, welcomed it. Those who weren’t chosen for the evening or for more private venues over the next two days would be the ones who. Big screen TVs would grace all of these areas. Rico pointed Jiang Yi at a commercial kitchen and bath outfitter for the big kitchen and the large baths off the left rear wing of the house that led out to the pool and patio. The plan was to add a steam bath and a sauna -- all of which was to be coed.The barn wasn't obviously a part of the property like the carriage house -- it was 150 yards away and over the years had become more accessible via the road than from the house. Appraisers had tended. That took him only an hour and a badly scraped set of knuckles. He then set to work on the server farm. He intended to split his web site into several areas to improve speed and accessibility. He was adding two more servers in the next two weeks so he began the preliminary work on that project. He had tons of e-mail to answer, as usual. Much of the e-mail was ridiculous. He answered them though, this was his hobby, his bliss. Many did not understand his passion for this expensive non-profit. He yelled something and some of the crowd stopped running and fire at the helicopter.Let them shoot, Fernando thought. Most of their weapons were small arms and unlikely to be able to do anything to the aircraft. A few might, but they were high up and moving fast. In moments, the palace was far behind.*****The helicopter landed in a field near a small farmhouse. The farm was ostensibly owned by an elderly man in the nearby village. In reality, Esteban had bought the farm a year ago. .