" Jerry mumbled dumbfounded. "I never saw it." Well, so what?" his wife snapped. "What is wrong with you thismorning?" What happened to the other on...?" Jerry bellowed. "The other carton?" Well, I don't know," Betty replied nastily. "I guess Bailey got upand had a glass sometime during the night." Bailey?!" Jerry cried out. "He never drinks orange juice!" Jerry?! What is going..."Jerry could hear his wife bitching at him as he bolted out of thekitchen. But, there were much more pressing. If I don’t turn up for a week all that will happen is that they’ll wonder where I am. Other than that they will survive.”“No worries then.”“Not really, but I am their mum, and I’ve never done this before, so they are bound to wonder.”“You didn’t tell them anything?”“Only that I was going to stay with a friend.”“I could be a mad axe murderer or heaven knows what. You really ought to tell them where you are and when you’ll be back.”“I know, but after twenty one years I am free, I can act like the. “Coach Tolbert’s meeting was brief,” Jay said. “He congratulated me on making the roster. He told I was expected to bust my ass this season, same as I did in the spring and summer.”“I don’t imagine that is a problem for you,” I said.“You know the weirdest thing about all this?” Jay said. “You know I’ve been staying at the Holiday Inn since training camp broke, thanks to the CBA. The team has to provide living accommodations for guys like me who don’t have a home in this city. Now that I am on. "Both of themwere raped, probably before they were killed." And your guards?" Garret was staring at the bed, and bloodstains showingon the remaining bedclothes."Four were killed outright, their throats slashed, two others might makeit, but the healers aren't certain about that yet." Damn." The knight briefly closed his eyes, worrying both about Deirdreand the integrity of the Ducal residence's security. "All right, forstarters, anyone, and I mean anyone with gate access after sundown withthe.