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"Phone sex is an art I don't think it'll ever be completely dismissed like you say it will"

"Maybe so, but it'll be relegated to soood? You'll be a very rich man from the sale of this"

"I' that? I'm worth billions, so before you say another word aboutDad left me with"

My, but Gerard can be like a fly that won't go away and his incessant buzzing inI say seems to deter hi me off

I know rationally speaking I should be bla this on Luca Giannoni and the Russian Mob that wants to buyitself toward the one man who is always there for me

And he’s giving it right back toit to him

"Yes, yes, of course you're a richthat But who has ever said no to more money? Arsen, I just don't understand it It's co on olden opportunity? Why can't you see the value in this deal?"

“Maybe it’s the way theto treat the staff?” I say, rhetorically

“What’s wrong with how they treat their staff?” Gerard asks “It’s always on the up and up”

“You wouldn’t feel a little guilty knoe just sold someone’s business to the mob?” I shoot back

“It didn’t see the porn studios, the web caeons, the brothels, the escort services, and strip clubs,” Gerard says “Naht up an issue with how the mob treats its workers”

“That’s not the same Gerard, and you know it!” I shoot back “The strip clubs independently contract out to the girls They can leave any tiiven night if its raining or snowing And the bouncers and ers are all men; they can take care of themselves”

“The other businesses?” Gerard asks

“They’re too decentralized The sex dungeons, if the , no one would show up And we contractually dealt with everyone on the web cam operations or the porn studios The escort services we just got a cut Nothing e”

“And so nothing etting up and grabbing a glass of water and running his hands through his hair “This is the best deal that’s out there and you’re dragging your feet”