" Robyn tried to calmly explainthe situation but she felt a lump in her throat and drew in a long raggedbreath. "It's just... I've never... I mean I h...ven't been to a lot ofparties... and... Jim... he..." she was losing control and stamped herfoot in frustration. She would *not* allow herself to cry. She took acalming breath and continued in a rush, "He acts like he'll catch fire ifhe so much as touches me." She paused, her face twisted up woefully. Whenshe continued her voice was tremulous.. I'd been up over twelve thousand when he'd come over to introduce himself.On Saturday, playing at the Bellagio, I was never up enough to start playing bigger than one hundred dollars a hand. Later, back at Caesar's, I played some Pai Gow Poker and won eight hundred in about an hour.We went up to our room at about three on Sunday morning. We got an early start heading back on Sunday, getting up at nine, and then having the breakfast buffet before we checked out of the hotel and left. We drove. 'Imbecile, do I have to do everyone's work for them, ' I thought as I sat down in my chair and started going over the stations reports.'Now, lover, don't you worry about William and that cousin of mine. When I'm finished with Nadil, she will be a willing bed companion for you. You just wait and see.''Serina, unless I contact you first, I would appreciate it if you stay the fuck out of my mind. Now, did you get all the genetic tissue loaded?' I sent to Serina, as I closed down the computer. Later in the day Danielle Stewart (now Danielle Stewart Harmon with beautiful kids in Salt Lake City) struck up a conversation with me, there was never anything between us, though I admired both her beauty and charm. I asked her if she’d liked the story. She said ‘yes, though it was a little ‘risky’ ‘ I corrected her, ‘risque’ (and it was stupidly so.) She asked me if I liked the word, I might have explained that words were just tools to me but I used to find it difficult to be a ‘raconteur’.