When she saw him hiding in the corner she perked up and cruised his way like a hound on the scent, or more accurately, like the Titanic crashing throu...h April seas – racing for New York. ‘Jack! Darling! I was hoping to run into you today!’ Bottle black hair with prominent white streaks framing her face, a vapid assortment of pasty-white make up framing black eye highlights and a lipstick somewhere beyond red, she reminded him of Disney’s Cruella de Vil – and he found himself involuntarily. . no miss, sorry miss” I said softly as her face started to go red, “MY GOD” she shouted and then took a deep breath…“Your shorts are um.. too small AND you have nothing on underneath” she said in a much calmer voice, “Turn around” she instructed and I tried to do it slower to avoid the swing, she seemed to be staring at my arse for some time just mumbling “Hmm” a few times before telling me to turn back and I was just hoping that my shorts didn’t go the same way as my vest.I stood facing her. The rent was ridiculously high, but I thought it was money well spent if we could enjoy some privacy and have some hope of remaining undiscovered through the next several weeks.I met Maria there late on Thursday night at the conclusion of the three-game series with New York. We'd managed only one win in three games, so the Yankees had left town still one game in front of us. Friday morning, we would fly to Tampa Bay for our final four-game set with the Devil Rays.Baltimore had just lost five of. Yet King Fundani was short and round. He definitely didn’t look like the average Zulu man. And his skin was slightly lighter than most Zulus, which made sense since his mother came from the land of the Brahmin. King Fundani had proven himself time and again by defending the Zulu Empire from rival tribes across Southern Africa and the constant threat of the Persian invaders. The Sons of Islam had many designs on South Africa. Already the Mali Kingdom had fallen to them, and the King of Mali.