But the next evening she came home and pasted a small, black and whitesign on every window of the house, facing out. "Piano lessons: Tuesday,Thursday,...and Saturday, 4 pm" and there was a phone number."Madame Beringer, we do not give piano lessons, we do not own a piano,and that is not our phone number," I protested.She laughed.But the following Tuesday I was dismissed early from my job and orderedto be home by 3:30 pm. At 4 pm exactly, my wife made me stand in theliving room next to the window.. ”I nodded and pulled my pistol, “then we stay here.”I gestured to bushes, “in there.”A minute and we were hidden and in the middle of the bushes. The commander whispered reports and then the night was shattered by a huge explosion. I shifted as I held Alexandra, “what happened?”The commander’s face was white, “they blew out the princess’s suite and the ones on each side, above and below.”I nodded, “so they are after her. Is the emperor okay?”He grinned, “he is livid”I smiled and squeezed her. "You weren't here, and I was ... I needed..." Where do you..." he asked, not sure how to phrase the question, "put ... you put it? The knife, I mean. Where on your body ... have you..."Candice turned to gaze at him, taking in his questioning, but fascinated, expression. This was going better than she ever could have dreamed."Only my legs..." she told him, "and my arms. Nothing lethal. I didn't want you to come home to a corpse. Today was the first time on my body ... I mean, my breasts..." Do. I was buying all the wood that Billy was getting for me. Several times guys had approached me about selling their wood to me. I always told them that I only bought from Billy, but told them that I had heard that he was looking for more cut wood to buy and then resell. I heard that he was making a six dollar profit per cord just by doing that. I was happy for him to be getting it.Billy and Theresa left soon after and I was in the living room going over the books, trying to keep up with.