When summer break came Cathy went back to her home and I took some summer classes. That year one of the classes was on equity management and investing... I found my major.As we had not mentioned exclusivity before, we had not kept in touch during the summer. When the fall semester came, I did not have Cathy in any of my classes and had not seen her on the campus.I finally decided to call her. I called the cell number she had used the previous year. I got a message that that number was no longer. Slowly she walked up the cracked cement steps, avoiding the handrail as it looked as if it were barely supporting its own weight, and opened the screen door. She listened for a reaction inside, but heard only the television. She knocked softly on the white wooden door.The sounds from the television immediately ceased, and she could hear the creaking of footsteps on wood coming toward the door. The footsteps paused, and she assumed that whoever was inside, hopefully the man she was supposed. Brad was there too, drink in hand, sulking in the corner, watching Kara play beer pong with Jason. She wondered if he knew about what they’d been doing. After a few hours Kara was good and tipsy. Jason had drank so much he had passed out on one the couches. She left the kitchen to find a bathroom but it was already occupied. Desperate to relieve herself she headed upstairs to find another. She located one that was attached to the master bedroom. Afterwards she exited the bathroom into the. . eunuch?" asked the Khan, horrified."Eunuch in Charge of Public Lavatories I said, and I am a man of my word. You will hold that post for five years, then you will be free to go wherever you wish. Woe betide you if there are any complaints about the Public Lavatories during your time in power. Since the post is for five years and you will then have your freedom, I think you will not have the balls, real or metaphorical, to commit suicide."The Emir laughed heartily at his own pun, but the Khan.