"Bullshit!" The geezer bellowed and


    knocked her to the floor, almost


    dislocating her bones. "Did you think


    I wouldn''t know?! My parents are


    down-to-earth self-made folks. And


    your family was so rich that they


    would try to convince me to marry


    you at least twenty times every day.


    Why would theye between us?"


    The hag snapped coolly, "That''s


    what it looks like, but they were


    meddling all this time! If not for


    them, would you have chosen to


    detach yourself from worldly


    attachments?! If they hadn''t


    constantly pressured you, you and I


    would be together already!"


    The geezer was actually astounded


    by her warped reasoning. "That''s an


    heiress for you-your mind doesn''t


    work like an ordinary person''s, and


    all you see is the worst of everyone


    else and believing any excuse you


    make for yourself!


    "To you, my parents merely lost their lives, while you lost your love... Which


    matters more than lives, it seems!"


    With those words, the geezer pped the hag across the face.


    That did not satisfy him, however-not with that defiant re from the hag!