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"Isn't that Bob Schmidt?" She had only been out to the plant once in the last five years, then just to pick up her father "I went to school with his daughter, Justine"

"It could be I don't know his name"

Rolt's lack of interest in the man's identity was apparent in his indifferent response Her father would have known He prided hi the name of everythe fact u

p She had too recently recalled her father's assessment of the qualities and traits needed to be successful

It wasn't i as the payroll clerk and the computer knew, that was all that ardless of its business merits She admired her father more as a sensitive failure than she did Rolt's success as an unfeeling giant with physical needs and no human emotions Thank God, Kurt didn't take after his hardhearted brother

Inside the gates, the plant bustled with activity Se buildings Heavy trucks rolled to and fro up dust clouds to choke the air and lay a fil, yet within the luxury car, only a low drone of the noise could be heard

Nothing was as Alanna remembered it There were no cheerful waves from the workers as had always met her father's appearance in the yard No one indicated a desire to chat, even aned There wasn't ti else

"You haven't been here since your father sold, have you?" Rolt observed as he parked the black Mark V in a reserved space

"Only once, briefly," Alanna admitted coolly

He switched off the ed since your father's ti look in his eyes "I don't think you like the change, do you?"

Her violet eyes swept over the scene again Guessing that he had sohts or that she had betrayed therein her expression, Alanna gave a short negative shake of her head

"We'rea profit, which is more than your father ever did," Rolt stated

"I don't think I like it when a man's worth is measured by the amount of money he makes," she retorted

The expectant gleam in his eyes, partially veiled by half-closed lashes, indicated that he had anticipated her response She was left with the feeling that he had ly invited her remark

"It's the challenge Making so and s satisfaction," he told her quietly "It's fighting and winning Money isn't the goal, it's the scoreboard A oal whether there's e"