Helena had been promised to Franz Joseph at Sophie’s, my grandmother’s, direction. My uncle and Helena didn’t get along; but he was smitten with... the younger sister. Finally, at 23, Franz Joseph stood up to his mother: he told her that if it were not Sisi, he would remain single, to be succeeded by one of his brothers or their offspring.They were married at the Augustinerkirche eight months later. Sisi was 16 and would be Empress for 44 years, outliving one of her daughters and her son, Rudolf.. But I had served my over inflated sentence and now I was on the road out of state. If I never saw California again, it would be too soon. I thought back over the really rough spots during my imprisonment. Four days after the cell door swung shut, a big queer named Albert tried to ass fuck me in the shower. I knocked him out cold. Two days later he cornered me in my cell. He had a home made knife. I took it away from him and killed him with it. The prisoners knew who had done it and why but. Finally, it was Mark Mattox that cleared his throat. “Aight dawg—you asked for it, so here it is. Yes—you are a prick. Not only that, but ur like this blue ribbon jock prick—the worst kind. And arrogant ?? Jeeze bro—you really had to ask us that?? It's like you practice it every night”. As I looked across the room, most were repositioning, lightly coughing, and basically nodding yes. Could this day get any worse ? My closest bro's just told me I was a pile of shit. “Aight then—I'm a man—go on”.. What do we need to do to make this deal happen?" Can you and Max come out here to work on the contract tomorrow?" I need to talk with Penny, my parents and Max," I answered. "Oh yeah ... I need to talk to my boss too. I do have a job and responsibilities here at Temple." Make your calls, Kyle," John replied. "I will have the travel secretary get ready for you. We'll have a ticket ready for you. I assume you would want to fly out of Philadelphia." Yes, Philly," I confirmed. "Thanks you for.