”“I have fought their ambassador twice. The first was a sparring match, the second I took him out of the equation. How good are most men compared ...o him?” She mouthed my phrase back to me trying to translate it.“He is about the same as the rest. Did you kill the ambassador?” She changed her focus from general testing of my defenses to pointed attacks on my left probing for any weakness and kept at it for the next few minutes.“And his whole household. I did that late in the night before we left. Darshan is a manger at an international company and he is a Punjabi who is a bit tall and well built. He is 60 yrs old now.Dad called us one evening and said that he will be visiting us and this time he will come with his boss, Mr.Darshan.We waited for them for a week and finally they came on weekend. The four of us stayed in our home for nearly two weeks.So as days passed, dad had to return to Dubai to continue with his work. MR.Darshan said that he will sleep in a lounge but dad laughed at. ”“I guess I’m still a kid at heart, then.”“OK, I’ll go get some, and you can get a shower. Towels and wash cloths are on the wire shelves by the shower. I’ll clean up when I get back and we can fire up the grill and eat later.”“That sounds like a plan- if you’re sure it’s no trouble.”“Nope- if I were here by myself, I’d probably just read or piddle in the shop for a while and then go to bed.”“You wild man, you!”“Oh yeah, I’m just an outlaw! OK, I’m out of here. I’ll lock the door behind me, and. Since I had nothing pressing on in the office, and online access to offcie email from home covered any contingencies, the Tuesday return to work was let slide into Wednesday and then Thursday, as I enjoyed walks around the area and coffee society. On Thursday I had shared a table with two theatre directors, in animated cnversation about their creative plans for the year. Their enthusiasm and creativity seemed to radiate into me and I felt no desire to leave and finally reopen that office in the.