She walked down the corridor immediately opposite that of her entry, a corridor leading to what used to be the chambers of the Academy’s leading cou...cil. The enclave’s mysterious reconstruction had altered the chamber’s architecture somewhat, leaving it without a roof and with a floor of soft, green grass instead of polished stone. The echoes of her footsteps faded as she entered the circular area, and simultaneously the Force began to speak to her. Her senses were barraged with an overwhelming. The spike had been delivered before early in December and from then on reality had come to earth! I had had the estate blacksmith fit it to a short stand the thing was 4 feet long and fitted to its stand it was soon at the exact correct height as prescribed by our man. It had then been delivered to the rear door by the smith, no doubt curious as to its use and I was called to check its fitness for whatever it was I wanted it for. I simply measured it checked the sharpness of the point then. "Patrick stepped forward to shake hands with the man but stopped in mid stride when he heard 'Clara's father' somehow come up in the introduction. He wished he hadn't had that drink before he came home. He had the sudden need to take a piss."Standing on either side of you are two of Mr. Lopez' associates, Angel and Jesus," Lani continued. "Apparently, Clara is going to be an unwed mother because of you, Patrick. Mr. Lopez is here seeking vengeance and intends to put an end to your miserable. Crying on each other shoulders. At the time we were both single. Like I said, we had become very close. Almost like brother and sister, or so I thought. One night we made plans and we told our parents we were both staying with friends but really just wanted to sneak around all night and drink to celebrate one of our last night’s together. We ended up at her grandparent’s barn and got drunk and a bit horny. We were buzzing and sitting in the loft next to the open door letting in the full moon.