In all honesty, it was more for my benefit than for her because in the final analysis I needed her to make certain I had all my medications and that I...was not overdoing the booze when all I really needed a steady dose of rest and abstention from excitement like female companionship or playing cards with violent men ready to back their play with a six-gun.The teenage Clementine was safely settled in my rooms and I set her to organizing my books and papers into some sort of order to make it easy. I suggestedhe stay in a motel within easy walking distance and comeover to my place at around 6pm. When he arrived he was wearing a black sleeveless muscleshirt and grey pants. He was around fifty but with a solidbody and judging by the hairs on his arms a reasonably hairyone. He introduced himself as an apprentice who believed thetime had come for a senior Master such as myself toagreethat he had graduated and could now call himself a Master.he talked a lot and as I went through the bag he. "Hey, asshole. Who the fuck do you think you are, talking about my girlfriend like you've got something going on with her?" he said confrontationally, fists balled up, ready to go."Jahn Halvers, and she's my girlfriend. What the fuck are you talking about?"Her voice, sharp and commanding, interjected itself into the brewing conflict, "Guys, relax already..."Andrea showed up in the nick of time, stopping him from embarrassing himself, and worse still, ran the two of them a spiel that convinced. Not a few ofhis female co-workers had something to say about that - behind her back.She was the head of the department after all!Bill had become Linda?s go-to-guy in all work related matters. He waswilling to give anything for the job. She used all his input for the goodof the department and - not only as a side effect - for her own career.This seemed to be a win-win-situation, but it wasn?t for him. He didn?tcare that she took his ideas as her own and he cared even less, that hedid not only do.