"Yes!" Tony, indignant, replied. "I mean, once I had you, I had nothing to worry about, hmm?" He slid next to her on the couch and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. He was only half-kidding. He thought he could trust his father's old business partner, but the man took advantage of Tony. Pepper, on the other hand, had Tony's complete trust, something hard to come by when he had been hurt so often. "Some of us are working out how this place runs," he explained. "So, you know, those who want to leave, can, but those who have a reason to stay..."