But her tanned friend let out a happy smirk at her, telling her that she really meant it."Remember the lawsuit I filed against Chris years ago?" She a...sked as the goth chick nodded with still doubting brow at her, especially when she mentioned the lawsuit against their very much hated host that they attended many years back then. And she was curious to why she brought that up all the sudden since they had only talked about it once during their cafe date and never mentioned again."Well, I won the. "Uh..." for a second her excited mind drew a blank, then almost unconsciously she blurted out, "Istanbul... Istanbul!"The burly man nodded and they were joined by an older woman, lavishly dressed and wearing a warm smile."Ah, this must be our new initiate. Come with me darling."Sondra was led up a set of back stairs to a second floor bedroom. the woman closed the door behind them."I am Tonaya." I'm Sondra." A pleasant enough name but we shall soon find you a new one." Are you a... mistress?". In order for this thing to work, Dave had to have one fight after another with the minimum amount of rest in between. Any kind of a tough fight, a decent cut, even a couple of clean knockdowns, and the whole thing would go off the tracks. If he got by Delario and Munro he would have to face Wade without a decent break. I tried to tell this to Dave.“But, I used to fight once a month before, it’s no big deal. What’s the difference?”“The difference is you’re not nineteen anymore. You’re over. He no longer tries to make me feel loved or important.Well, his loss. Yes, I definitely want, and need, to continue to, to feel like this." She paused a minute, then looking up at me from under her lashes; she blushed a bit and said," So Jeff, what do you want me to do?"Wow! This was a mind blower! My mom was asking me both for approval and direction. While I tried to process this, I stammered a bit, made a conscious effort to steady my voice and answered her."I don't know Mom; let's just start.