I grabbed his gun then lowered him tohis feet. "I think it would be best for you and your men to let me gopeacefully." "You cannot escape here! If wha...t you said is true, thenyou are a product of Soviet engineering and thus an asset of theUkrainian military. We own you!" "And to think I was trying to benice. I am owned by no one." I hit him on the head with the flat ofthe gun. Enough to render him unconscious but not enough for permanentdamage. I slipped the handgun into the back of my pants and. “Had a girlfriend,” I corrected her.“What happened to Teresa?”“I think she assumed you were competition and decided she couldn’t compete. She jumped to the conclusion when you first met that I would drop her in favor of you. She never bothered to ask me, of course. She just got it into her head that you would replace her. I don’t have time for that juvenile shit. I explained that this was an opportunity to gain some early credits at Crook College and nothing more. I don’t think she believed. "Not all of them, they just have more money. The Graham and the Lewis families seem to be just like we are." How did they get so much money?" I asked."I don't know, Jenny. I never ask my clients about their money or how they make it. The bank sends a letter of credit and I build a yacht." Don't you ever wonder, Dad?" Eddie asked."Sure, but it's really none of my business, Eddie."Eddie and I finished our breakfast and left for school. We picked up Kathy and Brad at their house and I got into the. It isn't as damning as it looks."I have heard enough! What gives you the right to beat a man because he is a suitor of mine? Who do you think you are? I am not a gun or saddle that you can buy, own, or claim! How could you do this? Especially when you already have a lover?" Maria demanded."I can't say anymore, not here. I ask that you trust my judgment in this, Maria. You are mistaken about several things. Please wait until you learn everything before you do anything rash," Emerson, aware of.