Because of the first playoff game, Cal continued with football practice, even though basketball practice had officially started. On Tuesday morning of...that week, he was summoned from class to the office of Coach Hall, the new basketball coach. "Banner, why weren't you out for basketball yesterday?" Football, Coach. We have a playoff game Friday." But football season is over. I have to implement a whole new system, and I need every player for every day possible."Cal probably should have said. That was a bit silly because it was a lovely warm summer’s day outside, but I suspect that it was just some member of the family showing they cared. What woke me was my phone ringing, when I looked at the caller ID, it was Geoff Merkin.“Hi Geoff,” I greeted him when I accepted the call.“Hi David, you got back then,” he replied.“Yes,” I said, “late Tuesday night. We finished early.”“So, when do we all get our invitations to the premiere?”“I don’t know mate, but you’ve given me an idea.”“What’s. Tom started, confused. He shook his head. "Uh ... "Dianne shut off her shower and glanced over her shoulder. "Are youokay?"Tom started to speak, then he shut his mouth. Finally, he spoke. "Ithought ... " He stopped; what he was thinking sounded ridiculous tohim.A tiny frown flitted across Dianne's features, and then her eyeswidened. "Did you think ... that I was ...?" Her jaw dropped open.Tom looked down at the floor, suddenly feeling ashamed. "I ... I don'tknow," he mumbled. "It's. I think, just by dumb luck, I had found a very good lawyer to look after my interests. One of the things she asked me to do was to list all the ‘rules’ I could think of, as well as just how I spent my time on the road, hour by hour. I would list these things over the next few days, and then I would meet with her again and she would begin to carry out our strategy. I wanted to get this deal in motion, so I began almost immediately to write down all the restrictions and directives that I could.