"Sorry," I apologized. "I just seem to recognize you from somewhere," I explained. "I'm on television on occasion," she replied looking at me, making ...t clear she was talking about the screens I'd watched her on ten days ago. "Oh, where?" my wife asked, genuinely curious. Janna looked at me knowingly before turning to my wife and answered, "I'm a district attorney." "Aaaaaaah, very impressive," my wife said. "It's a job," she shrugged. "More exciting than mine," Christine said. "What do you. "No, I probably have a few slightly cracked ribs, but there is not much they can do about it. My breathing is otherwise ok, and there is no blood when I pee. Those guys knew what they were doing, and the pictures will be better if we wait a while. Trust me, I still remember it from the days when I did some serious sports." And that was when? Twenty years ago?"Juliet was admanant and since she could not get me to the hospital she arranged a doctor to see me. The guy told me what I knew; I had a. Mitch could be just waiting for you to do something like that, then he has you. What then? Do you want Mitch to kill you so that he wins this match with me? I told you this is exactly the sort of shit he does.’ ‘Yes, you told me that. But is that all that is important to you? To win against Mitch and I just get caught in the crossfire between you two? If that is the case then it should not matter if he hurts me — if I don’t matter to you then whatever happens to me should not matter to you.. I turned and found Nick had followed me out, just as I'd hoped.He said hi and a few things about the party, just staring into each others eyes until I finally broke the trance and looked to see if anyone else was around. No one was out here and I noticed a dark corner of the courtyard that had a low wall between it and the main door. I reached out and took Nick's hand and led him to the corner.When we reached the other side of the wall I turned to face him and he kissed me, no more words, just.