Progress is made in Georgia and Florida. Charles puts Blank in charge of Moultrie and leaves hiring the farm hands and the family to occupy farm #2 up to Blank as a test of leadership skills. Charles has a heart-to-heart talk with Brett and helps him understand his lack of self-confidence. Soon, Brett begins performing flawlessly and impresses everyone, including Charles. Dorothy, a waitress Charles met in New York, shows up in Philadelphia for a job at the hotel’s restaurant. Ghost begins to take it upon himself to expand and build in California. However, Ghost runs into problems when a man is negotiating some land he wants to buy in Los Angeles. Charles gives Ghost advice on how to handle the problem. Charles encounters a problem with a half-brother of a mob boss that he eliminated in Toledo. After dealing with this mob boss, Charles discovers one of the hit men has traveled to Red Lion, New Jersey, to kill a horse breeder and steal the farm and the animals. Charles’ attorney assigns a security guard to travel with Charles to New Jersey to save the rancher’s life and his breeding stock of Percheron horses. Charles’ hotel and food store in Indian Springs, Nevada, is robbed, and the newly hired travel companion rides with Charles to Nevada to track the criminals down. During the trip to apprehend the criminals, Charles finds a location in Reno suitable for building and negotiates the deal while traveling to San Francisco to bear witness to the trial of the men that robbed his hotel and food store in Indian Springs.