That meant I had another month to relax before I had to get home and go back to being the most valued son. As if I ever had been.My brother and I were... adopted. My Father, Kaiba Gozaburo, was making a photo op out of an orphanage donation and I challenged him to a chess game, swearing him on camera to adopt us if he lost. He's never forgiven me for beating him. He honored the terms and adopted us both but my new status has come with a heavy price. My Father expected only the highest and best. Please call me Mitch. I will skip the usual jokes about your laws, Major." Appreciate that; I think I've heard all of them. Mitch, we have another project we'd like to fund, but there are certain sensitive data that would need to be analyzed. While they are not classified, we would feel more comfortable if you had a security clearance." I am afraid I will have to decline. I will be happy to work on anything less sensitive – as long as I am qualified, of course. But I have no wish for a. ’ he said pointing towards the bench. ‘You see 18 years ago today I almost died right here on this very bench. I was shot in the shoulder by a man that had lost his mind, they don’t know why he shot me and no one will ever know exactly what happened that night.’ Joe said sitting beside her. ‘ I was kneeling there’ he pointed to the exact spot. ‘ You sat here before me, I leaned over to kiss you when a burning sensation shot through my body, I felt the bullet before I heard the sound’ he said as. I'm most of the way through this, probably. It'd really suck to lose it all now.After the last slice is taken, I hear someone near the table say, "And now, nyotaimori becomes teppanyaki!"I know what nyotaimori is because they told me earlier, but what is teppanyaki? They didn't tell me of any teppanyaki thing they expected of me... Maybe this is where Jess comes in? Wait... The table's warm and getting warmer. What the fuck? This is uncomfortably hot now. They're... They're going to.