" Alice took a step backward.I was pissed and perplexed. My partner, the wild mountain woman, had no problem slaughtering Bambi but went AWOL when it ...came to putting food on the table to keep us alive in our Godforsaken cave. Go figure.Except sucking on my mother's tit while a baby, everything I ate in my life came from the supermarket in jars, cans, boxes, and little Styrofoam platters wrapped in clear plastic film. I lived the sheltered life of a city dweller.I placed the mess kit on the. What were you thinking?" Aedan scowled at me.I laughed. "It's good to see you too, brother. I feel terrible, thanks, why do you ask?"He flushed, irritation flashing across his features. I sighed. "I thought I was sparring with Sten. I thought I should try to learn how to fight a little better before I end up stuck in the Deep Roads without the ability to defend myself. I failed to take into account that Sten probably doubles my weight. No one mentioned that those throws don't work on someone so. "I for one love it," Alice said. "Do you expect to hear from Martinez today."No idea, he could easily sleep all day or be in the hospital emergency room. If he went there the cops have him," I said staying very cool."Let's all go home and have sex," Jeremy suggested."I'm going home and sleep. You should do the same, just in case you have to kill his mother tonight," I said."Yes, but I want another biscuit. I had no idea torture makes one so hungry," Jeremy said way to casually. Who were these. She virtually ran the place under her father's watchful eye though.Maddy saw Terry's sudden turnaround and the success of his business as a threat to her position at the bank. She thought terry would use his success in his own business as a plank to bridge the gap with their Father and earn himself a place at the bank.That is exactly what happened in the end.Yes, shock, horror, Terry was just using me.The first time I met Maddy she tried to buy me off. She had a file on me three inches thick..