" Hey, don't worry about it," Cal said. "I'm at least as nervous as you are. We'll pretend we're just talking, like at the volleyball game." The sport...s media has unanimously referred to you as the man who wrecked Rory Renton's shoulder. How do you feel about that?" Pru asked after a brief introduction."I wish they'd get it right," Cal said with a dramatic, sad shake of his head. "It was the coach on the sideline who wrecked Renton's shoulder. If that coach had not been too close, there would. My tux had been picked up and delivered to my room. Anna was taking no chances, and demanded to see me in it before she would give her final approval. So, I spent an afternoon doing my best one armed James Bond impersonation to the delight of two very frisky young ladies.Unfortunately Halloween night was to be the beginning of the end for us. Not that I knew it at the time.I was moving much better by this time, three days of cold, followed by three days of moist heat had done a lot to reduce. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary, the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. ********* At dawn, in a couple of hours from now, I have to fight a duel. Major Simon has chosen pistols and he’s a deadly shot. I will die. He insulted my wife by calling her a whore. I challenged him to a duel. It would be easier and quicker to blow my own brains out. It doesn’t matter that my wife behaves like a. ”Everyone laughed, “Adriana I apologize for bothering you on your day off.”Adriana replied, “Any time is acceptable for my Master. Have a nice day.” She disconnected from us.My father asked, “Is that the same Adriana that used to cower in front of everyone who entered the office.”I replied, “One and the same. It was all an act for Wilkinson. She became the type of woman he preferred to keep his attentions off the rest of her staff.”I explained to my father, “As soon as he was gone, she stepped.