I had made the comforting discovery that, whether or not she was in the stands, I could hit.I had a succession of brief hitting streaks -- one of them...ran seven games -- but on the rare occasions when I was held hitless, I didn't react to it as negatively as I had in the recent past. The bean-ball crisis, apparently, was over.At the All-Star Game, I got up to bat twice and flied out to left both times. I had hoped to make a better impression on national television, but, hey, you can't always. Mistress White held a tazer to my balls as Mistress Black unfastened mycuffs from my collar, swiftly attatching them to a chain hanging from theceiling, then on a remote hanging from her wrist She pressed a few buttonsand suddenly the chain shortened until i was stretched, barely able tobalance."lets look at you and see what we have to work with" said Mistress Whiteas she pressed a button on the remote.Seconds later 2 women entered the room, at least i assumed they were womenat first, never the. The lack of humidity was also a shock.He descended the stairs followed quickly by Felix and Rowen, who both had their hands full.One of the men waiting for him stepped forward, "Mr. Eckermann, welcome to Israel. I'm Zvi Ben-Artsi, we've spoken before. This is Max Abramski, he's from Economic Affairs at the Foreign Office and General Lavi, our military host. It's his base."Zvi Ben-Artsi looked to be about the same age as Rowen, but with shorter dark hair which emphasized the fact that part of. "Good for you but watch out for your heart overruling your head."Eleanor blushed slightly. Her mother noticed but said no more. She did though report the conversation to David as they went to bed."Darling," he said gently, "don't fuss about it. She's a very sensible girl. If, in the end, she decides he's the one then she'll have thought about it deeply and there'll be no doubt in her mind." Don't you think that emotion might carry her away?" Didn't that play a part in your decision to marry.