The young Prince did give his father, the Emir, pause for thought when he said, "You know, father, your lovely Golden Palace lacks only one thing." An... what might that be, my disrespectful son?" he asked."A Jeeves. You really should have a real English butler." What would he do? I already have the Chief Eunuch, a Major Domo, and a fistful of advisors." He would be an adornment, and he could have charge of the wine cellar," the boy answered gravely, "My grandma and the Earl have one. He lent me. We sat at the bar ordered some drinks and started talking. Conversation seemed to flow pretty well, we talked about his marriage a little and my wife being who she is loves to try and help got him to open up about why they divorced, which was probably a good thing, I'm sure he needed to talk about it anyway.He said how his ex wife was just a mean, cold, money hungry bitch and they had been together long enough that he thought he should just make it work until he realized she would just never. Savage.’He seemed hurt by the word. ‘Sure isn’t your savagery one of the best parts of you?’ I said. ‘Isn’t it what makes you the man you are?’And he pushed me against a wall and whispered my name into my ear over and over and called me by his names for me: Gooseen, Sleepy-eye, Blackguard. He said, ‘I will make you my little fuckbird,’ and my reason slithered to pulp when I heard that and I kissed him with all the fierce light of my body.Jim has me write letters to him but my thoughts are stiff. Tell me what happened.”“I can’t,” she blubbered.“Let me guess. You had a misunderstanding. You thought you were in love but he had a different interpretation.”“That’s the gist of it.”“I’ve been there ... believe me.”“You have?” She started to calm.“Indeed I have. The last time I think I was in the eleventh grade.”“I guess I’m a really slow learner.”He held her as she dabbed at her eyes. “I have an idea,” he said. “I was going to take Molly to dinner tonight. Why don’t you come along, too?.