“Ummm, sure!” I said, wondering how a guy like me who didn’t have a date until his Junior year of high school was suddenly talking to a stunning...woman like this.She told me she was here on vacation, and noticed me, wondering about my smooth body, tight abs and chest. I explained I worked out, and the conversation then flowed like water. After a few minutes and several more drinks, she leaned over to me and whispered.“Are you into swinging?” She asked.I was so clueless at the time that I thought. And it burns even faster at the end of a very hot summer when everything has dried out. So there is your answer, my loyal one. Just two days from now we will clear all of the wooden structures once and for all. The residents are away, so they will be powerless to save their houses. It will all burn, all of it, and a new Danube City will rise from the ashes. The Danube City that is my Path in Life to create.”Silvitya went pale, wondering if she truly understood what the Grand Duke had just told. This worried him greatly because he knew the crosses indicateda chaplain and when a chaplain visits you, it's almost always to deliverbad news. It falls to the chaplain to notify the next of kin of a deathin the family."Mrs. Mortonson, there was an accident this evening involving yourhusband, Paul. Your husband was making a left turn onto El Camino Realwhen his car was struck at high speed by another vehicle. The driver ofthe other vehicle was apparently drunk at the time. He was cited. Well, just away. I close the hatch overhead and smile to myself.Here we go.I pull out my recorder and press the red circle. I put it on top of the gramophone table and toss my leather jacket onto the chair. I pounce forward and stand over her. I clutch a fistful of hair again and wrench her head up. Her body followed, and I slammed it into the cinder block wall. She pushed against the wall with what strength she had. Feeling pissed off, I hammer a fist into the side of her ribs. She staggers.