In fact, with her in this sort of mood, it was almost a blessing that she was spending the evening at her dinner party. That allowed him to give this ...pportunity the full concentration it demanded and he knew that she would come back from her evening feeling much better. As Daniel anticipated, the tournament was tough from the very beginning. Because of what was at stake, players were cautious. Not only were very few moves being made, but the pace of play was a little slower than normal for. ’ Karen got me in one of her headlocks. ‘God, I wish I could do this to some of my uncouth students without getting fired.’ ‘What have I done?’ ‘Last night, I said you were going to get a perfect score on the graduation exam? I meant that. Take another look at the study guide, which is posted online.’ Susan pulled my ears. ‘Yes, even genius’s need to look in the book sometimes.’ I kissed them, fondled their boobs, told them how sexy they were, and we went off to work. Clemmie was giving me a. I was afraid of what he would do.He slammed me into the wall again for good measure and warned, “I said to Stop. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.”Realizing he wasn’t going to slap the shit out of me for what I said, I narrowed my eyes and slammed my lips against his while one hand quickly found its way down his pants, groping his crotch. He tried to pull away but I held on and moved with him, making every effort just to at least feel that flesh between his legs. But cords you could use to kill yourself with. Your own private garrote. Your own private false fantasy world comes true. But the music he made, he had to keep that in mind. So he pressed the Chords. And he tried to think what he had said before. He tried to think the long silences were his chord strokes having an effect. Not that he particularly wanted to have an effect. It was just his way of saving face, of pretending the chord listener was not up in the belfry looking down like the Phantom.