You'll always beable to ask questions of the management and I willgive you my private cell phone number so you'll alwayshave me to talk to about any p...oblems or anything youdon't feel comfortable talking to management about.I can't tell you how happy this makes me, Jim and Iknow you're going to have more fun than the law allowsover the next three years. You're also going to comeout of this with close to $100,000 dollars in yourbank account, maybe more if you invest well."We stood up and shook. I just let Rika do her thing, and that is because I just didn't care about stuff like that. If she had come to me and said "Rob dear, I want to paint the dining room purple with a green stripe across the ceiling," I would've said "Yes dear," and kept on doing what I was doing. She picked the cars we drove and I was fine with that too, because the ones she did pick worked well and had good mileage and safety ratings. All I cared about was that it got me from point A to point B without breaking. “Nice to meet you both,” I said. “I guess Harry invited you to watch the short karate demonstration?”“He said it was totally cool,” Diane said. “Where are you from?”“Chicago,” I answered. “I’m here on business but I need to get practice in every day, if possible.”“You’re an instructor?” Pippa asked.“Yes.”“Can you show us more?” she asked.“Really, all I can do here is show you kata, those preprogrammed moves I was doing.”“Those were a pattern?”I nodded, “Yes. They’re highly stylized fights,. I mentioned the function coming up on the weekend, and my husband kissed me sweetly as he got up from the table clearing the plates, and said, “You are so dedicated. I hope they realize what an amazing employee you are." Later on, I replied to the email that I was available, and would be in touch on Saturday. I started getting ready for the “date” early in the evening, sent my new client a confirmation, and told him to meet me at a wine bar in a trendy area just outside of the downtown core. As.