The messenger also checked the gun shop to find out if there was any word on when the shotguns and pistols would arrive.We anxiously opened the telegr...m when it arrived: Smithers would love to take the job and he would be available in about five weeks. He would let us know exactly when to expect him. His fee was reasonable so we wired right back that we would welcome him with open arms.The shotguns and pistols should be delivered in about one week, so we had that to look forward to, also.I. The person to get the joker will become the plaything of the other three.”The tension was there despite the fact that the game was rigged and we all knew who would get each of those two cards. This was, after all, part of a business venture for the younger woman, April. April and my wife had met each other at horse shows and, despite the 15 year difference in their ages, had started hanging out together. Overindulgence in wine and oversharing had let each woman learn that the other indulged. If only she had her sword, she would have him dancing a new tune and it would be she who held the upper hand, but alas, she didn’t have that luxury. She didn’t have long to wait, for Torquemada in one quick move grasped her arm and pulled her hard to his body and forced his mouth onto hers. Gabriella’s head reeled from the stench of his breath. It was fetid and his person reeked and her stomach threatened to empty the contents of the meal she had just forced down. It took all the will power. As I was taking the tests, Mr. Yamaguchi was grading each one as I handed it back in. I noticed him looking at the question sheet on the second test, and I knew it was because I pointed out an error in the test. The fourth portion of the written tests was much better. At this point, the student was expected to know how to conjugate past, present, future tenses, and more. They may not be able to speak it fluently, but they could to more than barely get by.After grading all four tests, Mr..