The boy-king was so impressed by Jean’s exploits that he rewarded him with a small treasury as compensation for his losses. He also paid Jean a year...’s past wages, at the pay rate for a knight, even though he had only been a knight for the past few months. Lastly, he named Sir Jean a Knight of Honor, part of the royal household, earning him a substantial yearly stipend.Even though the trip had taken much longer than he had anticipated, it was worth the delays. All of Jean’s financial problems. " I imagine so. Listen to your woman, she is wise and could teach you much."Eddie groaned as Li Kuan helped him to his corner."I dunno, she talked me into this wager."Li Kuan stopped, and turned to face Eddie."Yes, yes she did, because win or lose, it would help loosen you up. You are determined to ignore the privileges she gives you freely. You hold yourself in check, rigidly defending a position - supposedly for her - that she does not want you to defend. She wants you to be free, she wants. ’ ‘Oh Kenny!’ She gushed and she turned to bury her face in my shoulder and sob quietly. I took the drink from her hand and placed it next to mine on the arm of the sofa, pulled her close against me and self-consciously stroked her long red hair as she sobbed her heart out. A mother sobbing in her son’s arms is guaranteed to rend the son’s heart to ribbons and as she cried, my heard was shredded into tiny pieces by her tears. After five or six long minutes Mom’s tears subsided and she pulled. I had fancied this woman for years her name was Amanda and she was a 27 yr old slim brunette about 5ft 8" with crystal blue eyes and she was a very sexy and confident young lady who knew what she needed and wanted in life. She was wearing a tight fitting black dress with black stockings and she looked stunning.Then our eyes met across the busy bar and we shared a short moment of checking each other out and then she flashed me a smile, So i walked over to where she was sitting which was a darkly.