"It was nice meeting you Sally." She said as she was picking up the ringing phone.Chet walked in a few minutes later. "Mark, old buddy. How ya doin?" ...he reached out his hand, and we shook. "This must be your niece?" he said already extending his hand."Yep, this is Sally." I introduced."Great, sit down you guys." He went back around his desk, and sat in his chair. "I got a few questions. When you guys took over guardianship, did you sign or did Leesha sign, or both?"My face lit up because I knew. "Yes, what's that?" echoed Christopher.Helen went on, "Well, what I'm about to say, I was actually going to sayanyway when I announced I was going to sell up. Because you're family,I'm going to make you an offer. In other words, I'm giving you firstrefusal to buy the business." What do you mean?" Linda queried."What I mean is, would you like to buy the shop, the lingerie shop?" Pardon." I'm giving you the chance to buy the shop?" Helen repeated."Oh, and the flat above, it's all part of the. With interest rates being what they are, you will have close to $ 5,000 available to invest in the stock I told you about. That investment will grow substantially for at least ten years. By that time, your account should be worth about five million dollars. You and Mom can start traveling, see the world, go on vacations; you won't have to worry about money ever again."I looked at my father, he was staring at me as if I had six heads; he just could not comprehend what I was saying."Dad, please. It nicks your forearm with the tip of its claw and you curse at it, scrambling further back and finally pulling your rifle off your shoulder. The old thing is rickety, held together with tape and prayers by this point, but it does the job as you point it at the creature’s head and fire.Bang. Bang. Fuck, still moving. Bang.The third shot finally stills the damn thing and it slumps, a furious look still etched into its maw. You breathe heavily and stand, looking at your kill properly for the.