And, true to form, she met him in a bar. Angie and I live a couple of miles apart from each other in Northern California, and we have a standing once-...-month dinner date. ‘Saturday night!’ exclaimed Angie. ‘That is only two days away,’ I complained. ‘That is plenty of time for you, because you became a natural writer after helping your kids with so much homework,’ encouraged Angie. ‘Besides, you are very accomplished at this. You wrote a dissertation, and you write children’s books. And. " "Well, Mr. Bradley, the reason I came over here is that the girls and I want to thank you for your support. You always give us bills with Hamilton's picture, so we call you Mr. Hamilton." "I see. You deserve it." I answered. Our conversation was short and to the point. Occasionally when I visited the club on other nights, Juanita came over to talk for a few minutes. One night she said, "Tom, you come here a lot. I look forward to talking with you, but I have to ask you a question. Why haven't. .. No, there was a smell, that's what there was, above all else a smell.She covered her nose."What in the names of the Ten Suns... ?" Pissmops. Nobody ever comes into the pissmop bins."He inhaled deeply."I kinda like it, though, reminds me of well kept horses." Horses?" Yes, magnificent beasts. We ride them for sport. They're kept in stalls, little cubicles, with straw, dried plant stalks on the floor."She took her hand away from her nose, took a shallow breath. Then another. It was ... not so. If you’re so worried about it, why don’t you come with me tonight to see what happens.”“Yeah right, once your parents know what is about to happen they will kill me.”“I think you will be surprised at my parent’s reaction actually. Please Rory I want you to come to support me.”“Alright, I got you into this. The least I can do is watch you fight, win or lose.”“Ok lessons start at six, so come round at five thirty.”“Fine.”The rest of the day, I was on the receiving end of lots of looks. Some were.