It got even worse when she told him that he’d have to watch Randall and Erin while she attended my fight. Seemed that Saturday was his poker night.I... placed me squarely in the cross hairs of Randy’s ire. It got even worse when Randall was informed he had to give up his room for Grandfather’s visit.They were both bitching up a storm when they proposed that Grandfather could use my room for his stay which from their perspective was a grand idea. The bitching started all over again when Mom shot. Such an occasion does not happen often and it is a sign of my Master's great appreciation of your presence." Thank you. I certainly need more coffee and will then take your advice."Derek realised that fresh coffee had just arrived, and smiled a little at the confirmation of the Emir's comments on that front. As he drank it, he suddenly noticed how very pleasant it was."What coffee is this?" he asked."Jamaican Blue Mountain, master. It is my Master's favourite." Thank you. It is very good." If. When I saw you at the restaurant last night, I was surprised. I thought you might have headed for some glamour spot like Las Vegas or the Riviera.’ ‘Why would you think that?’ I was curious about what she was thinking. ‘A handsome, available young man with great prospects, looking to forget? Maybe it’s what I would do in the same circumstances.’ ‘Uhhhmmm.’ It was as non-committal as I could be. I was beginning to sense that strange feeling again. Where was this encounter heading? She was such. I deduced that these must be brigands; the criminal thugs that Christine had warned me about, men who wore no uniform and expressed no loyalty either to cause or country. These types were brutes, criminals, bullies: the kind that prospers in times of anarchy.I kept to the shadows, out of the way, but then I saw that one of the soldiers was dragging a woman in his wake. She was wearing a green satin dress with a tight, pointed bodice. The neck was cut square and low, and the front had been.