They were sipping drinks and watching her curiously.“May I have the pleasure of introducing…” he stopped.“Linda. Linda Carney,” smiled Linda... She looked around at everyone, careful to make brief eye contact with each one. The men, even Mr. Hartman, smiled pleasantly. The women just nodded. They did not want to displease Mr. Antonelli, Linda concluded.At least one or two of them were making a play for him, she was convinced. She was nervous and excited. It had been so long since she’d been in a. “Today we have a new playbook and new formations to learn,” he announced, holding aloft a copy from Saturday.“You saw what happened Friday, even with the defensive coach setting and guiding the defense after the offense lined up. These new formations and new plays are sheer genius on a scale I’ve never seen. Once we learn these, there is no doubt in my mind that we will be a contender for the conference championship.“I know there will be some resistance to the arrival of Coach Ladner’s grandson. Jim chimed in and said, "Sue, I hear you had quite the bachelorette party last week. Rose told me all the girls had way too much to drink. I can't believe that Mary hired a stripper for entertainment. I'll bet he had a good time with a bunch of drunk, sexy, young beautiful women. I sure wish I was there."Tom looked at Sarah and said, "You didn't tell me there was a stripper at the party. Why didn't you share that with me? I hope you behaved yourself. But, knowing some of the other girls, I. Investigations had led them to discover that the sperm of men from Earth were resistant to the enzymes of the women. When they tried to import men from Earth, the equipment of Crossroads would not allow it. Further investigation revealed that there were rules that had to be followed for the equipment to function. The man must save the woman from dire circumstances and the rescue must take place on a planet named Chaos. Without the rescue, the woman from Cassandra would never get to couple with.