The Usher went over to the machine and flippedsome switches on the console, causing gauges and tiny lights to jump to life.He switched on the floodlig...t and the metallic table was brightly lit, theshiny metal reflecting the light all around the room. The Understudy smiledthinly at Shana. "I designed and built this myself," he said."From spare scrap from the old university campus." Shana stared upuncomprehendingly at the machine. He added, "There are other projects,too." The Understudy stepped. "Michael looked at her and then slowly lifted the glass to his lips.Veronica watched Michael as he sipped away, "Now Adrian was blackmailing you to lose cases wasn't he?" Michael nodded slowly, "Can you tell me what it was?"Michael swallowed, "It was while I was at university... I... needed money... for the courses." Veronica nodded encouragingly as Michael took another sip from the glass. "I saw an advert... for models in... films." Erotic films?" Veronica asked quietly.Michael nodded his. 1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list.3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.8. They begin the evening news with. Surely not, Bachman thought, turning to glance back at the chest. It was all too easy.He bent over the girl to examine it further and tried not to think about planting a kiss on her pouting full red lips. Slowly he reached towards the soft chasm between her breasts to carefully lift the small golden key.The girl's empty eyes suddenly flickered into life and locked on Bachman. Her full lips twisted up into a smile and then pouted suggestively as she blew a cloud of smoke into Bachman's.