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said.
    “I
don’t have the exact figures, but, yes.  I’m aware of the exceedingly high
number.  It’s a wonder you have anything left to inherit.”
    “There’s
significantly less than there was when my grandfather was alive, and while I
don’t necessarily need the money per se, it nonetheless galls me to see my
grandfather’s hard work get swept away by these demons.”
    “We’ve
got a stronghold on the French ring,” Daniel said, turning to me.  “Thanks to
you and your father.  I’m sorry it had to be in such an unpleasant manner, but
at least we’ve got them now.”
    I
nodded.  “If my discomfort for a day or two was what it took to get those men
behind bars, than it will have been well worth it.”
    “Horace,
Constantine and Godfrey are being interrogated as we speak.  One of them is
bound to break soon.  Maybe then we’ll have a handle on what’s going on in
Asia.”
    “Maybe
you could come downtown with us.  There are a few questions I’d like to ask
you,” Darlene said.
    Leo
glanced at Errol, then at his watch.  “I’m flying back to Hong Kong tonight.” 
He patted Errol on the shoulder.  “Errol’s been giving me a few pointers.  You
see, I’m opening a new restaurant in Hong Kong; Lee Oyster House.  I’ve yet to
take over Lee Group Holdings, at least not on an official level, but I am
looking forward to getting this restaurant up and running.”
    “You’ve
got some pretty big shoes to fill,” Errol said with an amicable grin.
    “My
grandfather may have been only five foot three, but he was a huge man in the
boardroom,” Leo explained to all of us.  “He could command that boardroom like
a general commands an army.  Everything was thought out; strategies,
contingencies and risk.  Back in the day, he could tell you the name of the man
who assembled radios at the plant, or the woman who packed VCRs into boxes in
the shipping department, or the gentleman who cleaned out the bathrooms in his
office buildings.  He knew every aspect of every company under the Lee
umbrella.”
    I
smiled at the obvious pride the man had for his grandfather.
    “I
doubt I will ever be as great as he was, but I’m willing to try, after all, he
did spend his last years preparing me for this eventuality.”
    “And
you’ll live up to his expectations,” Errol said.  “I have no doubt about that.”
    “Well,
we’ll see, won’t we?”
    “And
of course, you do have your movie career.  I do hope you won’t give that up,”
Darlene said.
    “No. 
I love making movies too much to give it up.”
    “And
we love watching you.”
    Daniel
glared at her.
    “ Mais,
quoi ?”
    My
father suddenly stood and walked up to them.  “This is all good and well, but
when do you think you’ll be able to get to the bottom of this?  I’ve lost years
of my life, a life that should have been spent here at this very chateau… and
my daughter… she lost her childhood… she almost lost her sanity.  It’s
wonderful to see her bounce back and get such a strong hold on her life, but
the fact remains; those men stole her childhood away from her.  There’s no
getting it back, but I do want them to pay… in every way.”
    “We’ll
do everything we can to get them behind bars.”
    “Not
just that.  What about the millions they embezzled?  What about all the money? 
I lost my home, my business, my livelihood.”
    “I
agree with…” Leopold looked at my father.
    “Eugene,”
he said extending his hand to him.  “Eugene Cooke.”
    “I
agree with Eugene.  There must be some way of recuperating some of that money.”
     
“I feel for you, son,” my dad said.  “It’s heartbreaking to put so much hard
work into building something only to have it snatched away by people who simply
don’t deserve it.”
    “Chances
are the money’s long gone…” Daniel started.
    “I’m
not going to just sit by and watch my grandfather’s hard work be destroyed and
forgotten.  People today still look up