Debbie and Rick had enjoyed their time in London. They were now looking forward to spending a few days in Paris! The world's most romantic city was a revelation to Debbie. As Rick was working, she went shopping. The Champs-Élysées had every well known fashion house that she could wish for. Debbie bought day wear as well as a few evening gowns. More shoes than she may actually need, but they were exquisite. Brand name bags and accessories from hats and costume jewerly, to belts and scarves. She had never seen such a selection of goods. She also bought 2 complete sets of high end luggage. A set for each of them for future travel. But she also knew that she would need them now for all of the clothes that she was buying. Unknown to Debbie, Rick had done a little shopping of his own. He planned to buy a piece of high end jewerly at each stop along their trip. He would hide them away until they got back to Fing City. Then, he would present them to Debbie as rememberances of their amazin

Lois was very frustrated. She had been trying to get the Personel Director of the firm to go ahead and hire her brother Howard for a few days now. But the Diretor refused to budge. Lois had gone in to see the Director to talk about her idea, but the Director flatly refused to even discuss the matter. Debbie had instructed her before leaving on the tour not to hire anyone without discussing it with her first. She had mentioned her Uncle Howard, and told the Director that under no circumstances was she to even think of hiring him. So no matter what Lois said or did, she got nowhere on this issue. Lois thought that as the Chairman's mother, she should have been given more respect. But the Director informed Lois that she was only a supervisor, and that even the other department heads and directors could not persaude her to go against the Chairman's instructions. So Lois decided to switch tactics. She had Howard accompany her to work one day. Her thinking was that if he was already

Old Wilson was very busy these days with Rick's businesses and was trying really hard to have things sorted out and settled before Rick and Debbie returned from Europe. The buildings that Old Wilson had won at auction had to be renovated as they were a bit run down. Since Rick owned his own contruction and developement company, Old Wilson contacted the Head Foreman to discuss plans. The man was Ken Long. He had years of experience in the building trade, and had dealt with everything from workers to designers. He had also dealt with stand over gangs and roughnecks alike. Old Wilson had complete faith in Ken Long, and had worked with him before when Byron Green had run the company. As Byron's right hand man, and now Rick's, the partnership with Ken Long continued seamlessly. Ken Long was based in Tang. Since the apartment building was also in Tang, he felt it was a good place to start with the renovation projects. He suggested to Old Wilson to hire a designer that they had worked wi

Dinner that night with John Roberts was a good chance for Old Wilson to catch up on the happenings of Tang. John was a wealth of knowledge about all the local gossip and the back alley business dealings of the most influenial families. There were no real surprises. Typical back stabbing and double dealing that had been common in Tang for years. Old Wilson relayed the demise of the Green family to John who had known most of what happened. But he had not known about Rick's part in it all. John had seen Rick as the Young Master of the Green family years ago. But had not heard from him since Rick had been sent away by his Grandmother. From what Old Wilson had just told him, Rick sounded more capable than any of the previous Greens. John was more than happy to help Old Wilson in establishing Rick's interests in Tang, but he wanted something in return. "Old Wilson, you have always been above board with your dealings with me. I am going to help you all I can. However, I need your h

Old Wilson spent the next few days setting up the cooperation standards with John Roberts and finalizing the contracts with Larry Watters. After individually meeting with both parties, he decided to bring them together. Over a lunch session, the three came to an understanding. Old Wilson announced "I give you a toast! Here's to our joint success in both Tang and back in Fing City." He drank down his cup of wine in one gulp. He was pleased how things were going with the two men. John returned with "And to you, Old Wilson! Thank you for allowing me the honor of serving both you and your Young Master!" Larry echoed the sentiment as well. "Here here! To a profitable cooperation." "Now John, I would like you to come visit Fing City when you have time. I want to introduce you to our Head of Security for the RBG Group. He is a retired general that I have known since my time many years ago in the army. I believe that the two of you will have a lot in common. Also, we might thi