“So, we all betting on this game?” I heard John ask as his voice brought me out of my daydream. “Sounds good to me.” Ted replied. “Remembe... guys…us girls decide the fate of the loser.” Jennifer chimed in. “Or losers.” I replied emphasizing the ‘s’ at the end of the world trying to show them all that I wasn’t trying to lose on purpose. “Yeah, yeah, yeah. We’ll see about that.” Ted said back to me. I focused my attention on the TV and recognized which teams were playing and knew which one. Hartwell's eyes opened large, "That explains why several of them looked like they had been beat up! After that we weren't bothered again, I started to look for you but no one seemed to know where you had gone. I am sorry Commander, had we known, we all would have been there it would have been a lot different." Chuckling a moment, Derrick could only imagine the state of the 20 men that had issued his punishment after his men had finished with them. Looking at a screen a moment Derrick shook his. He was still there, sat in his recliner when Denise came in. "Hi Stan!" she called from the doorway as she hung up her key.Stan shook himself. "Hi Denise!" he answered, pulling himself together. It was already near dark — where had the time gone?Denise entered the room, and Stan closed the address book, placing it on the coffee table with his uncompleted cards.She took one look at his face, quickly crossed the room, bending to hug him. "Stan, whatever's the matter?" she asked."Oh, nothing. My wife knocked on the door.Me: Who it is?Wife: Your gift, sir.I opened the door.Me: Who are you?Wife: I have been sent by the hotel as they came to know that you are all alone.Me: What can you do for me?Wife: Anything sir, just that you have to pay.Me: How much?Wife: 15K Rs for a night(Anybody would pay that amount for that little whore anyway!)I asked her to come in. She said, “First the money, sir.”“Smart woman”. I paid her 17K (2K was tip). I had in my mind since I was paying my own wife so.