Fate has a way of fucking you over though and on that night fate got me good. It was time to leave the reception and Henry was falling down drunk. I d...on't mean 'tipsy', or 'mellowed out', I mean he was in a stupor. I had to get Charlie, the best man, and a couple of the guys who had been ushers to help me carry Henry up to our room. They dumped Henry on the bed and the ushers left while Charlie stayed to help me get Henry out of his clothes. We got him undressed and we were standing there. Frankie curled on the bed and sipped at her champagne wondering what Kai had in store for her now and thinking she didn’t want to be anywhere else in the world right now.Kai emerged from the bathroom, held out his hand and lifted her from the bed, “bring the champagne with you, and get me one” he asked her.Frankie grabbed her flute and filled both hers and Kai’s to the top and followed him into the bathroom, her eyes nearly popped out of her head with excitement when she saw the Jacuzzi in. She didn’t know this house or its occupants, so she had no idea if he lived along or with a family.The man plopped down on the couch and flipped on the television, picking up his phone and scrolling up the screen. Lanying couldn’t see the screen quite well enough to see what he was looking at. He was probably in his mid-sixties, short, thinning grey hair, reasonably fit, a day or two of light stubble on his cheeks and chin.Lanying slid a hand into her leggings, no underwear below, and began to. A moment later Ambassador Cai and Ned Saunders entered the room. Greetings were exchanged."I want to live," Ambassador Cai announced. "Do you know what an imperial eunuch is, Mr. President? Fifteen years ago I was castrated so that I could be an external official of the Chinese Empire. Removing the source of desire made us fit to love only the Emperor. Dr. Dalton replaced my sex organs and if I return to China they will execute me for treason. I'm doomed. I request political asylum." This is.