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Page 224 stayed with him. I mean, he didn't expect you to reimburse him along the way for food and, you know, so he took care of you for many years. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: That is true. TODD BLANCHE: On top of that, he actually paid you a salary as we talked about $25,000 to $250,000. What else did he give you? Or what purchase -- like, was there a time when he gave you a million dollars or $500,000 as a bonus? Or what -- what financial benefit did you receive from hin, besides what we've already talked about. We don't have to talk about what, you know, so -- GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I got it. TODD BLANCHE: Okay. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: So my goal, always, was to become independent, independently, financially secure and work for myself. I'v never b n one to not work. And in that regard, over the course of my friendship and my working relationship with Epstein, expressed to him my desire to be independent of him everywhere, just to be freestanding. And the -- in -- with that in mind, wanted to have my own businesses or my own money coming in independent and separate from any salary that I received from him. MAGNA®© LEGAL SERVICES DOJ-OGR-00022767