Rhonda and I watched as Jay assumed his public persona of retired astronaut hero and major land developer. I seldom saw that guy. ‘Rhonda asked, ‘...ou were a school teacher?’ ‘I am a school teacher. That is how I met Jay and how I met the Senator. Their kids were in my class. Mr. Cook, head of the science department at Craig Biggio Middle School at your service,’ I said as I extended my hand. She took my hand and pulled me closer to her. She kissed me, probably because she felt like it. ‘Rhonda. "Now I'm going to do something exceptionally naughty for you," she purred, slipping out of her shorts and unbuttoning her blouse.She sauntered over to the balcony which overlooked the Grand Canal, still busy with traffic and two huge cruise ships. I was reasonably certain that perched up on our top floor, no one would be able to spot the naked figure of my nubile lover. "Come and stand behind me, Nick" she instructed, unbuttoning my trousers and sliding my jockey shorts to the floor. "Nice and. The slightest possibility that they might be picked to become one of the members of high society was enough to make females a lot more cooperative when nocturnal opportunities arose unexpectedly. I could easily understand this simple corruption of a personal nature because it stemmed more from human nature than from evil intent.I was glad that my Clarissa had hooked up with the Mormon preacher because she was out of the scramble for relevance in a frontier territory unkind to any sign of. If I killed myself she would laugh all the way to the bank. I had no real hold on her, so I was unable to make her suffer.That was when the beer finally kicked in and clarity flowed into my brain and dissipated the fog. Revenge didn't have to be immediate to be enjoyed. Quite the opposite! It would be so much sweeter. That was when the single dumbest plan ever devised for vengeance was born. I started grinning as I realized that the brilliance of my plan was the very simplicity of it.I decided.