It took about a month to really see how things worked, and be where he could run into those that needed him. Of course the lessons he learned seeing h...ow John D. Rockefeller did business was like going to school. He knew he also wanted in the oil business too, as it looked like a gold mine if half of what they dreamed it could do came true. He backed several men from 3 different states and bought land with oil pools on it. Mason Oil was born; Daniel did this mostly independent of the Trust. With. Her back still bore the marks of her most recent beating, administered by the guard who had later caused her to be pegged out. This lady had not caned her, having failed to find any fault, although Rosanne would have. (It was when a snarling Lisa was found guarding Samantha from the attentions of two other inmates who had designs on her body, having given one of them a bloody nose and the other a black eye, that the excuse had been found to punish her again just a day after her flogging. She. ”“God ... I really hate to tell you this...”There was a really long pause ... long enough that I said, “Still there?”“Historically ... you can’t set foot ashore on Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota ... or Ontario.”“That’s a lot of leeway ... I thought there was a border.”“Those states claim the lakes and it’s never been settled ... exactly,” He said. “It’s because of how long the lakes retain the water.”“Huh?”“It takes one hundred ninety one years for Superior to replenish, ninety. . I know, I'm rambling ... of course, you're beautiful, sexy even and I ... yes, of course, yes, I'm going to say yes!"Susie embraced her mother and as if to surprise us a little more, she kissed her mom. It wasn't exactly a hot and steamy kiss, but it wasn't the kiss a daughter gives to her mom, not at all. It was more like a kiss of promise and I got one as well. It hinted that Susie had hidden depths her mom and I had been completely unaware of. What's that they always say about the quiet.