” Eric nodded, gazing into his wife’s eyes. “Right, thank you. I can see you’re getting nicely aroused but a bit of anticipation and waiting...will do you a power of good. If it’s worth having, it’s worth waiting for. Okay, Eric?” “Hmm,” he said, “it’s your game. I’m happy to do what you say.” “Good,” she said, reaching forward with the headphones. “But it’s not a game, it’s a special birthday present. I’ll be back shortly.” “How shortly?” Joy shook her head. “That would be telling and. He turns to observe Carly when the camera goes live and she says, “People of Berant, the fighting is over and the enemy has lost. I can’t, in good conscience, say we won. Our people have spilt too much blood to say it was a victory. The enemy has lost and been defeated. Actual figures are still being compiled, but the enemy losses are much larger than ours and the rest of their forces are in custody. The attack involved over forty thousand attackers using ground, sea, and airborne forces.. I knew my wife was still out and I didnt see any light coming from my daughters room. Having a bit of a buzz and not really wanting to stop right then to shower I decided to grab another beer and head to the office and kill a little time on the computer. I got to the office and noticed a small reading lamp was on, but that still seemed to be the only light on in the house and I concluded that I probably left that on the night before while I was on the computer and forgot to shut it off before. He suddenly felt dizzy and the next thing he knew washe was laid on the floor and being helped up by two maids. They tookthe blindfold off of him and he just had time to see a number ofimitation fireman's uniforms laying around before they helped him backto his own room. Of course he couldn't be certain but he was fairlysure that he had discovered the reason that his wife had treated himthe way she had since he had arrived at their house.For him it was a terrible night. The demeaning fact.