" First, that's not how things work. I know Jen only has eyes for you. Second, as pretty as she is, I will be outside waiting for him. He will think h...e wants me then."By the way, you had a pistol. Why didn't you shoot him?"Mike said, "We were trying to create a friendly relationship and Jen asked me not to do anything until I had talked to you."I could see a horse coming toward us a cantor. I said, "Go to Jen. It will be okay."He went in and the horse came into the yard and up to the house. A. “Well?”“My guys are posting the tape right now everywhere they can. She’ll be Twat of the Week around the world. They’ll deny it’s her, but so what?”“Good. What about the rest? The arrangements?”“The first part, done. The boy is gone. The girl, well, there was a little hiccup.”“Tell me what happened, Ed.”Ed shifted in his chair, swallowed once or twice.“Tell me now, Ed. We don’t have all day.”Ed watched Vladimir carefully. This was the tricky part. He didn’t like bad news, Ed knew that from. Oneof them would cast the spell and the other would try to fight off thespiritual violation. As Max got better he learned the mental tricksnecessary to fully subdue the mind and spirit of the person hepossessed. It had been years since he needed to resort to theseprinciples but Max knew that he had to gain access to Siofra?s memoriesand skills.Max moved into the bedroom and settled cross legged on the bed. With afew breaths Max had centered himself and began the mental and spiritualassault. She studied hard and her marks were exceptional. When I would come off the rig, we'd spend a day catching up. There was never much extra money. All I had was a battered old Ford pickup and she drove a five- year-old foreign vehicle. Hopefully she wouldn't have any studying and we would be able to do things as man and wife.She too was recruited before graduation by a firm that was the most prestigious in the city. Nothing was said about changing the way we had been living. I did enjoy what I was.