George had been working most of the week on the final details withcaterers, the company providing the bar and the band that had beenhired to provide e...ntertainment on the night. The Saturday night before George and I were sitting chatting over acoffee after dinner when the door opened and Amanda stepped indressed in a smart skirt and blouse, make up immaculate."You not ready yet?" she announced as she walked towards us.George looked up a bit bemused."You forgot didn't you? We are going for a. . but I do," she said, softly, reaching for his hand and pulling him up. "I need to go. I want to stay, but that would be a very bad idea right now." Yeah," he said. "I know what I'd want to do if you stayed." Which is exactly why I want to stay," she smiled. "One kiss good night. That's all. Okay?" Yes, Dear," he said."And you keep your hands in your pockets," she commanded."Yes, Dear."She held his face in her hands while she kissed him. When she pulled back, she said, "I like it when you call. I am, however, just trying to work out why someone like me, who is the most uncompetitive person can, all her life, be the cause of such competitiveness? To be honest there is usually a male involved, and this case is no different, and worse, it is always about a male I do not have the slightest interest in but for some reason, as is always the case, I usually get on really well with these males and the reason is because I do not have any interest in them (there’s that Martian perversity coming. She pirouetted again and again, kicking higher and higher andcoming closer and closer to the Puppetmaster, who was confused anddidn't know if he should readjust the frequency.Finally she got close enough, and kicked the electrostatic deviceright off of his belt. It went flying, and the Puppetmaster dove forit, but even in her high heeled boots and pink dress ElectraWoman wastoo fast for him. She grabbed the electrostatic device, and shut offthe counterpulse device on her belt. "Freeze! Hands.