“Well gotta run sport,” dad said, “I have a lunch date, er ah meeting, keep me posted if you run into problems.” And the phone went dead. I am...sure it was a date, he hadn’t been gone a day and he was probably fucking some young woman instead of working.I finished the day without Tracy returning, and I did miss the opportunity to end up in bed with her, and then thought, “Geez Larry you are thinking like your dad.” I loaded a bunch of things from Marcia’s room in my truck and headed home. I was. We still had our Wednesdays after midday designated as 'sports afternoons', in case we wanted to participate in organised activities. Prof was very keen that those who wanted to play rugby got plenty of opportunities!Neither Malcolm nor I had ever been very sports-minded, so we took it in the form of an afternoon off. We'd never quite understood the attraction of getting thumped by somebody bigger and uglier than us, in the pouring rain, while covered in an itchy shirt and cold mud.That first. Yahiko just rolled his eyes, not looking up from his meal."This one is sorry to hear that, Miss Kaoru, that I am..." Kenshin saidsympathetically. "You are right, this one has no idea what that would belike. After all, this one is not a woman like you, Miss Kaoru..."Those words seemed to light some sort of spark in Kaoru, as her bodyimmediately perked up. Kenshin looked up, believing that something hesaid must have made her feel better... until she turned back to him. Achill went down both. He had to work withoutcomplaint and do exactly what he was ordered the minute that they orderedhim. This was his life now. This was who he was. Cringing, he reached down to life the dung with his right hand, hisfingers sinking into it, a cloud of disturbed flies rising up in hisface. As he broke the surface the stench doubled and the first dry retchcame, scratching his throat. He glanced back out the doorway. Harry was still watching with a smirk onhis face, his arms folded. Burt dumped the.