"Oh give me strength," Dad said, "Not a fifty four seater Bedford Duple, not a coach and horses a bloody athletics coach!" Right," I says."Only want's...to sign you up as an Athlete!" Dad says."Right," I says, "What's in it for me?" Gold medals lad!" he says, "Honour of the country!" Right," I says, "Sod all then." I don't know," Mum says, "That Saddam Hussein did alright for himself." She means Hussein Bolt," Dad says getting it wrong as well."Sprinter," I says, "Right." Or that Nigel Phelps,". " She had to fight the urge to wipe her hand on her dress. "Did you arrive at this ball as someone's guest?"Illystil gave him her best court smile, determined to end this conversation civilly before she was forced to beat him. "Yes, with Fileyna Rowenmantle. She was gracious enough to introduce me to the court." Ah, but not with a male companion?" His eyes grew predatory.She sighed. "Umm, no." If he offered to act as her escort there was no way she could really refuse him -short of violence."So. There were no 'best men'.The next big issue was wedding dresses. The best bit of all was that bothbrides and grooms would be wearing gowns and that meant four bridaltrains with four lots of bridesmaids or more correctly, two sets ofbridesmaids and two sets of groomsmaids at the altar, not to mention EarlWeston and Mr Bandy. It was going to be a squeeze and we had to re-applyfor permission to move the front pew on both sides of the aisle toaccommodate the double wedding."Whoever said it was. "you can go win some more money in the casino if you'd like," she smiled kissing me. "I want to lay out on our balcony and get some sun. Her thin body was already somewhat tan, she even had a sexy tanline on her bottom, and faint string lines from different style tops. "that sound good, I'll meet you in the restaurant for dinner at 7 okay?" I replied leaning down and kissing her lips. "Its a date," she returned my kiss. We parted ways. I sat and won some money at the poker table for a.