She handed me a scotch, and a vodka for herself. She looked worn and stressed for the ordeal. I could tell that all of the man-chores in the house had...fallen by the wayside. As we got caught up, I told her that if she made a list, I would take care of them for her before I left. She objected saying she would hire someone to do those things, but I insisted. Eventually she relented and I assured her that repairs would be done correctly and no one was going to rip her off. I told her my job was. That was why he noticed the note on his bed right away. He picked it up and unfolded it. Inside, in Louise’s handwriting, was a brief message. It read: ‘Steve, please come alone to my room as soon as the house quiets down. I need to talk to you. Louise.’ Puzzled, Steve put the note down, undressed down to his underwear, grabbed soap and towel, and went across the hall to take a shower. The hot shower both relaxed and invigorated him. He went back across to his room, and put on an old set of. News reports suggested that the truck had encountered problems on the journey, losing braking power as it descended into a valley. The driver and his mate had leaped from the truck just in time to watch it fly though a crash barrier and roll down the hillside. To add insult to injury, pictures showed that the truck only fell about thirty feet, but rescue workers had taken six hours to get to the vehicle, by which time many of the injured had bled to death. Only two survived out of the original. That was before I saw her. They even tried to dissuade her from competing by insisting that she wear the same type clothes that the male fighters wore, shorts and shoes with no shirt. I’ll save you the gruesome details, but basically she destroyed me in a little over a minute and a half. I came out of the fight with a broken nose, two black eyes and assorted bruises over my entire upper body. Lisa, on the other hand, hardly broke a sweat, the only blood on her was mine. Two days later she.