More quickly than I would have believed possible, Lavilius drew his sword and lunged at me, fully intending to gut me on the spot. This was a bit more...than I had expected, so I reacted more by reflex from my training than from conscious thought.I held the baton at opposite ends and brought it across my body quickly enough to deflect the sword to one side. The sword was aimed at me so that it could easily have slipped between my ribs if it had gotten that far. As a result, the sharpened edge of. More could be added later, he thought.With the rain getting heavier, they moved inside to put support brackets where the partition wall met the outside back wall, with the shorter panel leaving a gap to act as an internal doorway. Brando wanted a long strip of strong wood to go from the top of the partition to the front wall, as a support for the partition. He explained to John after putting in one support, “Without that, the partition would have no rigidity by the doorway and thus weaken the. "Well why don't you take an employee for a bite to talk this over. I'm starved, sex and booze does that to me, and a change of scenery helps the mind come up with new ideas. Sometimes."We chose the Golden Eagle for two reasons. The first was because I had gone there years ago when I was having trouble dealing with the situation of being nothing more than the sex wife of Charles - a glorified prostitute if you will. The second reason was, I never expected, after all these years, for Mike to. “What's with you Jennifer?” Maria asked.“Nothing, just happy I guess,” I replied.“What about you, are you pregnant?” Maria asked.“No, I'm not mom. We're both glad it worked out for you two, but we'll take what life throws us,” I replied looking at Ray.They both thought that was weird, but they dismissed it.“Well it would nice if we got some grandchildren sooner or later,” Maria said.“But you are only in your 50s, it's not like it's never gonna happen,” Ray replied.“We know, but we're impatient.