Jade Moon had been hisSaturday lunch date for years. There were always people there, half the tables filled,happy waiters, Meiko - whom he wouldn't ha...e minded asking out on a date, except thathe knew that once he dropped her it would be awkward to come back to the restaurant,and he didn't want to give that up. He couldn't imagine his Saturday afternoon without theJade Moon. But the Jade Moon was gone. In the place of the red columns and paper lanterns,the fat Buddha statue and the display case. "He stood there, rooted to the spot; in our dueling system, once you turn, you can't move your feet and his fireseed was a dozen feet away. If he'd have moved to reach it, his second was oath bound to shoot the coward."I called for him to hold up his hand, and sure enough, his hand was bloody. 'Blood has been shed, ' I called, 'my honor is satisfied.'" He was lucky."Count Tellan shook his head. "Not so lucky as all that. A year after the High King ascended to the throne, the man who challenged. His gentle act of unconditional love, temporarily at least, blew my funk away, and I found myself on the floor, rolling around, playing with him.James crawled over and joined the fun, pulling my hair and poking Benjamin in the face. Pretty soon Millicent Jane was on the floor with us, and we were giggling, tickling, petting and playing up a storm.After that, we had lunch, caught the G-4, and went home.As we deplaned in Branson, Mr. Bell caught my am and said, "Rebecca called me. It must have. Maa boli thik hai me us ke pass ja ke aati hun. Maa ne kapde pahene aur pichhe bala darwaja jis me me khada tha us ki tarf aane lagi to me side me chhup gaya. Mene socha maa ka yar kon hoga jo use chodta hai. Maa ne darwaja khola aur hamare gaon me Patwar khana hai jis me ek Vijay nam ka patawri rahta tha jis ki umar 30 saal ke lagbhag thi. Maa patwari ke pass uske room me aa gaye. Patwari ne darwaja khola maa andar chali gaye aur me khidki ke pass chhup gaya. Vijay underwear me tha ma ane uska.