.. and who was listening. He darted a glance at Bob, who was staring at Mallory's nipples, watching them stiffen in the cool air. She sat up straight ...nd proud.The next hand was a blow out, and the first full house of the game. Again, Bob had the winning hand."But that's only twos and fours," argued his daughter. "How can you win with only twos and fours? I have two kings!" Because it's still a full house," said Bob. "And a full house, any kind of full house, beats a pair ... any kind of. ‘That’s where I know you from?’ he asked. ‘The park today? ‘Yes. But no. I mean, you’ve seen me before today. Don’t you remember?’ Carlos frowned. She was so beautiful. Why couldn’t he remember where he’d seen her? ‘Carlos!’ Someone called his name from the end of the bar. It was Elena. Reluctantly, Carlos moved away from the dark-haired woman to talk to his sister. Elena was tapping the bar impatiently. ‘I got drink orders! Can we keep things moving please?’ ‘Yeah…’ he agreed, feeling. On top of that she had become so in her desire to please him that she had warped herself into some kind of sexual deviant - capable of anything in her goal to make him happy.Karla had been the fantasy of pretty much every guy at his school - a seemingly aloof beauty that Jason had stumbled into the beginnings of some kind of relationship with. In hindsight it was obvious that his newfound confidence and experience with women had caught her off guard - and had caused Karla to let things escalate. It was a strange experience for me after having ridden across the fields of Europe on a powerful fifty ton beast with enough firepower to take down a sizable domicile or destroy a bridge of merit needed to connect point A with point B.The French, British and the Spanish were all together this time along with the upstart Americans defeating the thousand year empire that only made it to year twelve.Now, the East and the West were locked in a fifty year struggle to see who cleared the board.I.