The man raised his cudgel to smash Joe's brains out, but he was distracted by a crushed windpipe. The cavalry, in the form of Ed's stick, had arrived ...n time! Ed dived at the man which may have reduced the force of his impact, but not enough to make any difference against the relatively soft structure of the windpipe. The man dropped his cudgel and used both hands on his throat to try to get some air through the dent in his breathing system. This was pretty much a waste of time, because Ed. Izabel showered with Sandra and the two talked as they cleaned each other. They played with the soap suds and Sandra dried the child and got her dressed. Izabel was reluctant to let this end and hugged the still naked Sandra.When everybody was dressed in pyjamas, Sandra ordered snacks from room service. A woman had been asked to serve them all the time mainly because they didn't want a strange man to ogle them. Fatima was still extra cautious around men and the female servers would let her. ” He replied with a smile, shaking her hand.“And this is my father Angus Kerr” Terry announced.Angus Kerr was tall, nearly as tall as himself Robert realised, with broad shoulders that indicated a muscular frame. He had bright ginger hair mixed with the grey and the ruddy complexion of a man used to the outdoor life. His face was broad with light green eyes above a nose that looked as if it had been broken in his past life.“Pleased to meet you Robert” he said giving Robert a firm handshake.“And. "Yield," he panted.I grinned. "Never." I lashed out with my feet, wrapping my legs around his knees and knocking him down, batting his sword away at the same time with my dagger. He fell and landed, half on me, half off, and I shouted with pain as I felt a rib crack. He groaned and rolled off me, collapsing onto his back beside me."Tie?" I offered, breathless with pain."Deal." And... ?"He sighed. "Fine. I'll stop treating you like you're fragile." And you're going to stop worrying about hurting.