Short little twerp left his invitation in his pocket. I wave it at the doormen as I come walkin?’ into this party maybe a little too ruggedly, and a... little too roughly. People stare, and I’m thankin’ all the Saints under heaven, and beyond that I didn’t try to stuff my gun in my trousers. The rich. Damned blue blooded arrogant bastards, same kind o’ people who put me behind bars. Murder One, the jury said. Guilty. No one ever even stopped to ask why, just whether or not I did it. I couldn’t. This loan business we were told was started to help businesses succeed. I am also thinking that some of these small businesses may already be publically traded, probably on pink sheets. If we think it is a good business that will do well if we loan them money maybe that should be a company we would want to invest some of our personal funds in by purchasing their stock. We would need to be careful in purchasing stock on information that was already known and not on some insider information. I. ’ ‘Have you told Donovan how much Virgil means to you?’ ‘Most of it.’ Laci smiled. ‘I never told him why I named my unicorn Virgil and I left out the part about telling Virgil I was falling in love with Donovan before I told Donovan. I wasn’t sure how he’d take that bit of news. Donovan seems to think of Virgil as his competition so it seemed better not to tell him that.’ John thought for a moment. ‘Honey, for what it’s worth, Donovan loves you. I knew that the first time I spoke to him and. Ryan and I hadn't talked much in the last few years, but we saw each other at school and on the field a lot. I admired his looks from the distance as well, his strong muscular arms, his blue eyes, and his shaggy dirty blonde hair. After the first game of the year was over Ryan stopped me. I was shocked that he stopped me, even more shocked when he asked if I'd be his date for the after party at the local sports bar and eatery. I was asked if he was serious, and agreed to be his date. That night.