Larry the Billionaire Episode 41 The Wild World

                Penny is at a crossroads in her life.  She just quit her job at a reputable fashion clothing company where she had worked for almost a decade.  At 34-years-old, she decided that there was no upward mobility and that she was stuck.  Penny was 5’9” with straight light brown hair and brown eyes.  Her body was thin, which only accentuated her very large breasts but the other curve wasn’t as impressive.  She enjoyed her time living in New York as leaving her home state of Ohio helped her grow but now it just wasn’t working.  As she didn’t have another job lined up, she decided she was going to take the money she had saved up and travel the world hoping to find out what to do with her life.  She didn’t renew her lease, sold or sent everything she didn’t want to carry back to her parents in Ohio and took off hoping she’d find answers. 

                Larry was a billionaire who enjoyed travelling.  Although he had seen a new country every year for the past 10 years, he realized that perhaps it was time to up the numbers.   He had already been to 40 countries and he was only 35 so he was already averaging more than one country a year but he wanted to blow it out of the water and he had the means to do it.  Realizing he has never been to the African continent, he books a flight to Kenya to go on an African safari.  While on the plane, he is sitting next to a blond girl.  Larry introduces himself as it’s going to be a long flight, “HI, I’m Larry.”

                “I’m Bridget”

                “Nice to meet you.”

                “Likewise.  Have you been to Kenya before?”

                “No, you?”

                “No, I just always wanted to go on an African Safari so I’m going.”

                “Yea, me too.  I’m kind of bankrupting myself for it but whatever, you only live once right?”

                “I would agree.”

                They were flying out of JFK airport in New York so Larry asked, “Did you grow up in New York?”

                “Oh no, I live in D.C., well technically Virginia but yea.”

                “Ah, so you’re on a layover?”

                “Yea, had to save money somehow.”

                “Right, what’s your opinion of your Governor Northam?”

                “That’s part of the reason I’m getting away.” She answered with dire seriousness in her voice

                “That bad huh?  I mean I don’t know how he got away with that KKK or black face scandal.”

                “If that’s all it was, it’d be fine but now he’s talking about sending the National Guard after people who don’t want to give up their guns.”

                “But the National Guard said they wouldn’t enforce the order.”

                “Then he increased the jail budget in preparation to actually throw law binding gun owners in jail.”

                “I hadn’t heard that.”

                “Yea, he’s fucking crazy.  Now, he’s talking about rezoning suburban areas to make way for huge high rise low-income housing facilities.  My development is one of the planned housing.”

                “I’m sorry to hear that but that’s what the liberal in Northern Virginia get for turning that state blue.  This is where liberal policies get you.”

                “I don’t know about that; Northum is just a piece of shit.”

                “Well, I would agree with that but if you look at Chicago, Baltimore, LA, pretty much every city that hasn’t had a Republican mayor or governor in a while is a war zone.”

                “Yea, well there’s going to be a mutiny in Virginia and I’d rather not be there when it happens.”

                “Are you moving to Kenya?”

                “No, I’m just backpacking around for a while. I don’t know what needs to happen for me to come back.  Maybe when Northum is out or comes to his senses; whichever comes first.”

                “I love the randomness”

                “I don’t think I had much of a choice.  It’s really going to be a problem.  Virginians love their guns.”

                “Do you have one?”

                “Of course I have one!  I’m a single woman that lives alone.  I’m a target and my gun is my equalizer and that fucker wants to take it away from me?  Fuck him!”

                “I couldn’t agree more.  You must have a lot of money saved up to be able to do this indefinitely.”

                “Not really but I’ll go in debt for this.  What’s the point of having money if you’re dead or in jail?”

                “That is true.  You’re a pretty girl though, I’m sure you can get a guy that’ll pay for one night with you.”

                Bridget laughed.  Larry had sized her up.  She was about 5’6” with short blond hair, clear face, ample breasts and when she got up to go to the bathroom, he noticed her butt was perfectly round and shaped. Larry could tell why she believed herself to be a target but going abroad made her even more of one.  She responded, “Yea, I guess that’s always an option.”

                “This may be a little difficult because you don’t really have an itinerary but I’ll put your hotel in Kenya on my card if you spend a night with me.”

                “Thanks but I’m fine.”

                “What if I extended it to your entire trip?”

                “You’d pay for my hostels for a year.”

                “If you fucked me once, yes.”

                “How do I know that you won’t back out?”

                “You kind of don’t but I don’t like just giving people the money because you may blow it.  Bottom line is, worst case, you get Kenya paid for.  Best case; one of your biggest expenses, probably your biggest expense, is paid off.  By the way, I didn’t say ‘hostels,’ I said ‘hotels.’  You would never stay in a hotel under three stars.”

                Bridget got stern with him, “I would never sleep with someone for money.”

                “Okay, worth a shot.”

                Bridget started sizing him up.  Larry was not a looker as he was bald and had a gut.  He was about 220 pounds on a 6’0” frame with pale skin.  It didn’t really matter how he looked though, she didn’t want to be used as prostitute.  She guessed that she would probably be sleeping with a number of guys on this trip but they had to bring game not just throw money at her and expect her to drop her clothes and allow him full access. 

                Larry put on headphones and watched movies.  He was curious if Bridget was going to change her mind by the time the flight landed.  He was a little surprised when the plane landed and the door opened, she still hadn’t said anything to him.  Larry was in the window seat but Bridget got up and walked off the plane not giving him a second look.  It wasn’t until Larry was in a cab on his way to the hotel and no longer had any chance of seeing Bridget that he believed she really was turning him down.  She didn’t even try to negotiate more; it was just ‘no’ and no room for negotiation.  In a way, Larry really respected her for this. 

                Larry went on the African Safari and was blown away by seeing the big five; lions, rhinoceroses, leopards, elephants and cape buffalo in the wild.  He thought that it would be similar to seeing them at zoos but this was completely different.  Larry was Greek and spoke it fluently.  When he wanted to accentuate something, he normally switched to Greek since he believed it to be a stronger language.  As he did, a tall girl on the safari with him turned to him with a wide smile that lit up her face.  She declared in flawless Greek, “Wow, who would think that I would come to Kenya and find a fellow Greek but I agree; this is incredible!”

                “Where are you from?” Larry inquired as that is the programmed response when you find out that someone is Greek.  You’re really asking where in Greece they draw their roots from.  Larry was born and raised in America but his ancestors were Greek. 

                “I was born and raised in Cleveland but my parents are from Crete and Ikaria” naming two islands in Greece; Crete being the largest Greek island.

                “I was also born and raised in America but we are from Mani” which is at the southern tip of Greece.  He continued, “What do you do?”

                The girl switched to English “Well, I’ve been travelling for about a year trying to figure that out.”

                Larry started speaking in English as well “Find any answers?”

                “Actually, I think I did.”

                “Excellent.”

                “Yea, but it was good to get away.  This whole Trump thing is getting out of hand.”

                “I know, it sucks that Obama had his intelligence department spy on his campaign and they are shredding the constitution and trying to make it a communist country.”

                “I’m a Democrat.”

                “I’m sorry for you then.  I don’t know how you can see any sanity in that party?  They’re all projectionists and act like petulant children.”

                “I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.  Let’s keep the focus narrowed.  I can see how Comey and Brennan did but you don’t know if Obama ordered them to.”

                “Yes I do, Obama knew.”

                “What do you have to back that up besides assuming the FBI and CIA don’t do anything without presidential approval?  I don’t think Wray (Current FBI director under Trump) does everything Trump wants.”

                “The US Attorney Susan Rice was the National Security Advisor under Obama.  She ordered the intelligence department to create detailed spreadsheets on the Trump campaign.”

                “Alright, so she ordered it not Obama.”
                “Even a Former National Security Council (NSC) Director accused Obama of blowing a hole in the wall between the NSC and political opposition research.”

                “If that were true, there would be a paper trail”

                “Well, that’s a complicated explanation.”

                “I think I have all day.”

                “Alright, so sometime during Obama’s eight years, Amazon bought the Washington Post.”

                “I didn’t know that.”

                “Right, and the New York Times was bought by a Mexican named Carlos Slim so now you know why they love illegal immigration so much.”

                “You’re getting off topic.”

                “I know, you’re right.  Anyway, Amazon was paid some obscene amount of money by the government to usher in a new era of cooperation and security information transfers between intelligence agencies like the NSA, CIA and FBI.  Amazon monitored and created a cloud for each organization that they could draw from.”

                “That’s scary.”

                “Of course it is and you have good reason to be scared.  Like I said, each one had their own cloud.  The NSA can audit their cloud to see if analysts are abusing it.  The head of the NSA, Mike Rogers, did just that and then warned President Trump because 80% of the queries into the NSA database were fraudulent.  The next day, President Trump moved his campaign headquarters to Jersey.”

                “He was the head of the NSA and he didn’t know they were spying?”

                “No because so many people had access so he shut it down since they were abusing it.”

                “That’s good.”
                “Yes, but the only reason we know about it is because Mike Rogers revealed it when he audited the system.”

                “I get that.”

                “The NSA can’t audit the CIA cloud because that’s managed by Amazon and John Brennan.”

                “Wait, so Amazon is in charge of all of our classified information?”

                “The ones used in the classified cloud that they set up; yea”

                “Holy shit.”

                “It gets worse.”

                “Alright”

                “The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who was Clapper at the time, is authorized to move information from the NSA cloud to the CIA cloud so that it can’t be independently monitored and tracked.  That’s how Susan Rice got the information for her little spreadsheets on Trump without a paper trail.  Clapper just transferred it on the cloud and Amazon deleted the trail.”

                “Like you said, though, it was Susan Rice.”

                “Yes, but National Security Advisor is a political position.  He job is to advise the president.  She’s not part of the intelligence community.  There’s no way she didn’t notify Obama since it was her job to notify Obama about everything.”

                “Oh alright, I thought it was part of the Department of Justice.”

                “No, it’s not.  It’s executive branch.”

                “Well, if you’re right, then maybe you have a point but I still think your explanation for why there’s no paper trail is a little light.  Come on, ‘Amazon did it.’”

                “They manage the cloud.  It’s undeniable that the cloud exists and you called it scary.  Why did you think it was scary?”

                “For exactly this reason but that doesn’t mean it happened.”

                “Now who’s making weak unsubstantiated arguments?”

                “Let’s talk about something else.”

                “Alright, you did say you found the answer to what you want to do.  What was it?”

                “Well, I may have stretched the truth a little.  I have three siblings and all of them went to some graduate school.  Now, we have a lawyer, a doctor and my brother has an MBA.  I was thinking to make it two lawyers in the family.”

                “You’re going to law school?”

                “Yea, I think I am.”

                “Cool”

                “Yea I guess, it’s just that I still have a lot of student loans and I’m going to need more for law school. I really need to get in but LSAT classes are so expensive and if I don’t take them then I feel like I’m already behind my competition.”

                “Well, your life experience like this trip and the fact that you worked, I assume you worked, helps your application.”

                “I did, for over a decade.  It would just be nice to have that be a bonus and not something that makes up for something.”

                “How bad do you want the classes?”

                “Really badly, I just wish I figured that out before blowing my savings on this trip.”

                “Without the trip, you wouldn’t have found the answer.”

                “I guess you’re right.  Catch-22 right?”

                “Not really, I’ll ask you again.  What are you willing to do to get those classes?”

                She glared at him, “Wait, we’ve been talking this whole time and I don’t even know your name.”

                “Given where this conversation is about to go, that’s probably a good question.  I’m Larry.”

                “Penny”

                “Nice to meet you.”

                “Likewise.  Now that that’s out of the way, are you going to answer the original question?”

                “Why are you asking?” she snapped defensively

                “I will pay for Testmasters, the best LSAT preparatory course for you if you fuck me.”

                “Let me get this straight.  First, you attack me for being a Democrat and insult me.  Then you make vulgar requests?”

                “I insulted liberals before I found out you were one so it was not intended as a personal attack on you.  Yes, I made a vulgar request but I don’t like euphemisms.  I like being clear about what I want.”

                “What is it you want?”

                “Unfettered access to your body for one night.  I won’t leave any permanent marks and you will not need medical attention when we are through.  You give me that, I pay for LSAT classes, you return to the States, take the course, and hopefully kick ass on the LSAT.”

                The safari ended and they get off their vehicle.  Larry inquires, “Do you want to get dinner?”

                Africa is very strict that people don’t go out alone so they have to eat at the hotel anyway.  Due to this, Larry was really asking if she wanted to sit with him since they all had to eat at the same restaurant.  “Sure” she replies

                They sit down and Penny poses, “Why do you think the liberals are crazy?  I’m not talking about the socialists, they’re not all socialists.”

                “Just look at how many of them fell for the Army/Navy hoax”

                “I’ve been travelling, I missed that.”

                “During the Army/Navy football game, Navy students made this symbol” Larry touched his pointer to the top of his thumb and held up the other three fingers.

                Penny gave a confused look and stated, “That’s ‘okay’”

                “Not according to mainstream media, Ilhan Omar, and other mainstream media outlets and Democrat politicians.”

                “What did they say it meant?”

                “White power and called it a racist symbol.”

                “Oh come one!  It’s even a fucking emoji.”

                “I rest my case.”

                “Well, your side isn’t much better.  I mean, how do Evangelicals support Trump?  He is just so vulgar and non-Christian like.”

                “You really don’t know?”

                “No.”

                “Christians know that all humans are flawed so that isn’t a shock to them.  Aside from that, they love him for the same reason everyone else does; he doesn’t just talk, he walks.”

                “What do you mean?”

                “For years, Republicans talked tough and then caved when the mob and the libelous, scandalous, hissy fit throwing liberals complained.  Trump said he would defund Planned Parenthood, he did.  President Trump also eliminated the statute that priests and church leaders don’t have a gag order and can comment on politics like everyone else.”

                “I didn’t know they had that.”

                “That’s why they never commented on past presidents.”

                “I don’t remember them every backing a candidate.  I guess I always assumed that they were Republican but there are a lot of firsts now.”

                “I would agree with that but like normal people, evangelicals like someone that does what they say they’re going to do.  He doesn’t give in to the mob.  Just like Jesus.  The mob was against Jesus, even crucified him, but he didn’t back down from what he believed in.  He told the Pharisees that they were full of shit.  He took on the establishment as the Pharisees were the establishment.”

                “You’re not seriously suggesting Trump is Jesus are you?”

                “Of course not!  I’m just pointing out some similarities.  Remember though, Jesus had a prostitute as one of his main staples for his church. The rock of his church Peter was someone he knew would deny him three times.  Paul was a tax collector, one of the most reviled positions.  All the main people he chose for his church were flawed people just like President Trump.  I’m not saying Jesus picked him, I’m just saying that being flawed doesn’t disqualify you from Evangelicals, who do have a religion centered around forgiveness.  To that point, President Trump’s second chance program that released a lot of non-violent offenders was all about forgiveness.”

                “I don’t know how he walked the walk.  He talked about all these corporations that would come back but that didn’t happen.”

                “Since he took office, a trillion dollars from overseas has been moved back to the United States.  How is that not doing what he said?”

                “I worked for a very big fashion company.  They still have sweatshops in China.”

                “He didn’t say all of them would come back.  There was 2.5 Trillion our there when he took office, now it’s down to 1.5 Trillion.”

                “That’s less than half.”

                “He’s only had three years.  That’s over a third in three years.  At this rate, an additional 1.66 trillion would come back if he gets reelected and there’s only 1.5 left so there you go, he’s on pace.”

                “You can’t say he’s going to keep the same rate.”

                “I agree it’s not necessarily true but if he gets reelected, he’s almost half way and this is his average.”

                “Whatever, he’s not going to get reelected, he just got impeached.”

                “Ever since they’ve had the impeachment hearings, his approval numbers have risen and his support grows.  Impeachment support, as you would surmise from what I just said, has plummeted.  Among independents, it dropped 20 points.”

                “The election is a long way away.  Nobody remember impeachment by then.”

                “Depends when he actually gets impeached since it’s not official until Pelosi sends the articles over.”

                “Speaking about things that never happened till Trump was president.”

                “Not his fault, it’s completely in Nancy’s control.”

                “She just wants the trials to be fair.  Even a Republican Senator backed him up.”

                “Lisa Murkowski of Alaska doesn’t count as a Republican.  She’s a RINO by definition.”

                “What’s that?”

                “Republican in name only.”

                “What’s wrong with wanting things to be fair?”

                “It’s impossible to be fair because four of the jurors are running against Trump in the 2020 election.”

                “She’s just disturbed by McConnell and Trump fully cooperating.”

                “Daschle and Clinton cooperated during Clinton’s impeachment. That’s how the process works.”

                “I didn’t know that.”

                “Now you do.  She should talk about ‘fair’; she lost in a primary to Joe Miller and then wrote herself on the ballot and won that way.  She manipulated the system too.”

                “It’s legal”

                “So was what Trump did to win.”

                Penny went quiet and seemed stunned.  After an awkward silence, she uttered what had been on her mind the whole time, “How do I know you’re going to pay the classes?”

                “The hotel has Wifi, I can do it online.  If you refuse, I’ll just cancel them.”

                “You can do that regardless if I carry through or not.”

                “That’s true but if I wait for you to take the course, you could back out too.  It’s harder for me to force you to honor the deal than you to force me since it can be considered rape if I force you after the fact.”

                “You make an interesting point.  Fuck it, I’m thousands of miles from home and have been living hotel to hotel for a year now, I could use a good fuck.”

                “Let’s go back to my room.”

                “Yea, okay”

                Larry paid the check and went upstairs to his room with Penny.  After they walked in, Penny froze.  She pronounced, “I can’t do this, I feel way too dirty.”

                Larry had a document in his hand, which was a contract about what they talked about.  He had blanks for the name and what was being exchanged.  He stared at the document and then at Penny, “Alright, you can leave if you want.  This isn’t a prison.”

                “No, I’m sorry, I just.  I just need to think you’re dirtier than me.”

                “I would think the less dirty I am, the more comfortable you’d feel because you need to be comfortable.”

                “That is true but let’s keep talking about Donald Trump.  You told me why Evangelicals like him, why do you?”

                “Same reason; he walks the walk and he fights.  When the mob goes after him, he fights back.  I like having a fighter in the white house.”

                “He’ll be forgotten once he’s gone.”

                “Given how many judges he’s nominated, his legacy is here to stay just in that aspect.”

                “Not sure I know what you’re talking about.”

                “In three years, he’s appointed as many appellate court judges as Obama and he’s only been in office for three years vs. Obama’s eight.”

“Why does that matter?”

“You want to be a lawyer right?  Well, when cases get appealed, almost all of them are decided

In the appellate courts.  He has already flipped the 2^nd, 3^rd and 11^th.”

                “What do you mean ‘flipped’?”

                “They used to be a majority of Democrat nominated judges and now they’re mostly Republican nominated.”

                “Oh, I see where you’re going with this.”

                “And, the most liberal, the 9^th in California, it used to be there were 11 more Democrat nominated than Republican nominated, now it’s 16-13.”

                “It’s getting closer.”

                “There are 80 vacancies left but him an McConnell have done a great job of quickly approving the judges.  That is why in the midterms, President Trump only campaigned for Senators because he needed the Republicans to keep the Senate more than he needed the house because he needs to get judges approved.”

                “I’m feeling a lot less dirty.  Let’s do this.” She expressed as she smiled seductively at Larry. 

They both stripped themselves of their clothes and Larry approached her and kissed her and Penny kissed back.  Larry backed his way towards the bed and sat down.  Larry was already hard so put on a condom.  Penny put her foot on Larry’s chest and pushed him back. Larry put out his hands to support himself and Penny straddled him forcing his penis inside of her.  Larry leaned forward but Penny stiff armed him and Larry kept his hands on the bed supporting him.  Penny’s legs were around him and placed next to his hands.  She smiled and said to him, “Since you don’t know what you’re doing, I’m going to have to help you out” as she put her hands in her lap and used her right index and middle finger to massage her clitoris.

            Penny groaned as she rubbed her breasts against Larry’s face and gyrated her hips.  The tease of not being able to grope her was driving Larry crazy but working to whet his appetite for her.  When Penny let out a gasp and a yell indicating she achieved orgasm, Larry snapped his body forward and shoved Penny’s upper body back.  Since they were at the foot of the bed, Penny’s upper body bent over the bed and her legs straightened.  Larry kicked his legs back on top of Penny’s and put his arms in front of him with his thumbs on Penny’s stomach and arched his back.  Penny tried to sit up but Larry held her down. He said, “No, you’re not going to use your huge boobs to control me.  It’s your turn to be controlled.”

            Penny smiled and lied back as there was a slight pain in her back but she was enjoying Larry taking control and he grinded his lower body burying himself deeper into Penny.  After a little bit, Larry pulled his legs up and exited and knelt up.  He wrapped his arms around Penny’s midsection and lifted the upper half of her body up to his and buried his head in between her breasts.  Penny used her arms to push her breasts together encompassing Larry’s face.  Larry stepped off the bed onto the floor and hoisted Penny up causing her to wrap her legs around him and interlock her ankles behind him.  Larry drove her to the wall and vigorously and aggressively drove her against the wall.  Penny smiled and submitted herself to Larry.  It didn’t take long before her pleasure ended as Larry was making choke like noises as his penis ended the experience before his other head wanted to.  He backed up and dropped Penny back to her feet.  Penny kissed him on the cheek, smiled, put her bra and panties on and walked out of the door.

                Larry shrugged his shoulders and then took out her phone to enroll her in Testmasters.  It occurred to him that he didn’t know Penny’s last name.  Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.  Larry walked to the door and inched it open seeing a fully clothed Penny.  Larry didn’t react, he just commented, “I’m glad your back, I need your last name if I’m going to enroll you into LSAT classes.”

                “Yea, I thought of that but it was a cool move for effect right?”

                “Yea, real bad ass” he responded with no sincerity in his voice. 

                “Can I come in?”

                Larry opened the door its full way and stepped aside.  She walked in and voiced, “If you’re paying for this for some girl you just met, you must be a millionaire or something.”

                “I’m actually a billionaire.”

                “I take it you don’t like Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax then.”

                “Of course not.  I employ many people and with that, I have less money to pay my employees.”

                “They did a poll that 59% of millionaires believe the wealth tax is a good idea.”

                “They only said it was a good idea over $ 50 Million.”

                “Yea, that’s what Warren said.”

                “Only because she’s only worth like $ 14 Million.”

                “That’s still a shitload of money.”

                “In that same poll, the approval dropped to 48% if the wealth tax was at $10 Million.  I guess those millionaires don’t think $ 10 Million is a lot of money.”

                “Well…they’re gree…wait, but they were in favor.”

                “The only ones that were in favor are the ones that make over one million but less than 50 million.  They only like the wealth tax if it doesn’t include them.”

                “That’s a generalization.”

                “You are allowed to give more than you’re supposed to in taxes. When I was in college, my friend’s grandpa told me that he would gladly pay an additional million dollars in taxes because a million dollars is nothing to him.”

                “Wow”

                “Now, voluntary contributions in taxes total around $ 12 million a year.  You’re telling me that one guy makes up a twelfth of all the money the government gets in voluntary taxes?”

                “Or he’s full of shit.”

                “Yea, I would agree but that proves my point.  Why don’t all these millionaires that think the millionaires should pay more just do it?  There’s nothing stopping them yet the government only gets 12 Million  If 58% of millionaires donated, I’m pretty sure it would be over 12 Million.”

                “Well, if everyone else isn’t doing it, then why should they?”

                “Same reason conservatives voluntarily give a shitload of money to charity.”

                “Liberal do too.”

                “Not nearly as much as Republicans and conservatives.  Look it up.”

                Penny frowned.  “Did you register me?”

                “I need to know when you’re going to be back in Cleveland.”

                They go through the applications and when it comes time for a credit card, Larry pays it with his.  Penny’s eyes widened at how nonchalantly he honored his deal.  She muttered, “Thank You” shyly.

                “Thank you”

                She flashed him that wide smile that really drew her to him.  He reminded himself that his time was over.  Penny walked up to him and hugged him putting her cheek against his and kissing the air.  They then switched to the other side which is the way it is done in Greece.  She then walked out the door and this time she didn’t come back.  Larry got ready for bed and went to sleep.  He entered in other excursions in Kenya and finished his African trip before returning home to the states. 

                Penny finally got back State side and attended the classes. Her parents praised her for not blowing all her money and still having some left over for the classes.  She never told them how she got the money but was glad she didn’t ask them to finance it as their reaction gave her an idea how that conversation would go.  It would have been a lecture about how she’s making bad decisions and how her other three siblings went to secondary education right after undergraduate.  Why did she wait and then at 34, she’s still asking them for money.  It was much preferred to refrain from that discussion and made her even more appreciative of Larry.  She realized they never exchanged contact information but he didn’t seem like he wanted a relationship.  She lowered her head and frowned for she thought that after some more time, she could have gotten him to bend a knee and then it wouldn’t matter what she did for work; she’d be set for life. For Larry’s part, he didn’t even think of Penny. 

               

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