"Bruce," Onslow said. "Erica and I go way back. She is a shrewd lawyer, amongst many other qualities. Since quite a long time ago, I had gotten wind o... the foul play inside Enthwistle's and Daniels' companies. I knew that I would get the business for a song if I could prove it. It was a godsend that you could smuggle Erica in. She got the report. And here we are!"He clapped his hands and laughed his cackling laugh.I was stunned. I was also enormously pissed off for having been played in this. I smiled and said, "Paul please come in."He said, "What a nice place you have."I responded, "Yes but it was made all the nicer by the flowers yousent."I gestured toward the bouquet and continued. "Would you like somethingto drink? I am afraid I only have beer and wine."Paul responded, "I would love a beer."I used my best impression of a runway walk over to the fridge; I couldfeel his eyes staring at me and got out two bottles of Sam Adams.I held them up and said, "Hope you like to drink out of. ‘Jeff, Dr. Goldberg, I defer to the terms negotiated by your agent. I had no intention of asking you to put in absurd hours. I want to stay on your good side. There’s another aspect to this. ‘We’d like you to develop a course you can teach here next year. We want you on staff. I know about your contract with Second Foundation. Plan it however you like. You can have it run all day several weekends, a day a week, every other week, any way you like. You can even have some sessions off campus if. ” “She could be messing with us, it is Ashley.” “Don’t jinx it man! Now if she calls I get to punch you in the face.” “Haha yeah ok. Do you have any plans or anything?” “Yep, kick back and do nothing, with some video games thrown in there.” “Yeah I figured, gonna be a dogs day afternoon for me too.” When he said that a thought clicked in my head. “You just reminded me of something.” “I’m always reminding you of something.” “Yeah well I had a reason to forget this time, luckily she.