“Is anyone in the shower?” I asked. “Not at the moment, but I would hurry up. I heard Kali saying she was getting ready to take one. You need an...y help getting to the hard to reach places?” he asked with a smirk. “I think I can handle it,” I retorted. “Suit yourself,” he said before pressing on. I made my way to the shower, pulled the door shut behind me and locked it. The place was a mess and full of five peoples worth of products and hygiene related paraphernalia. I cleared out some space on. ’ I’d never seen her like this, she seemed almost desperate. ‘What is it Jo, you seem funny?’ ‘I don’t know,’ she said, ‘I just look around at all this, Guy, my parents, the wedding, you and Mike, Guy’s family, oh everything and I think it’s all because he loves me just a little bit, because of him. I’m sorry, you should have him really. It’s just, just . . . . oh I can’t explain it. I just need him,’ she ended lamely. ‘Oh Jo, Jo, of course you can have him. I’ve got him for the whole weekend. “Yes, that thought in your mind is right. We were in cahoots from day one. It was all part of the plan, stud. Do you begin to understand now? It was a trap. You were going to be at this point, one way or another, whether through alimony or reconciliation talk or whatever it took. Allison and I are a team, well, part of it, anyway. We all have our purpose, our role, even Raymond. Right, Raymond?” Mercedes told me in her inviting Brazilian accent before calling in Allison’s paramour/lawyer.“Now,. “Yeon-Jae insists she must be won. You may suggest the event.” I froze, looking at the girl, trying to think of a good choice. “Surely you are good at boxing” he suggested. No, I thought, I never have. “I’m alright,” I said out loud. Two assistants helped outfit us in gloves and headgear. We stood inside a square marked on the mats. We couldn’t leave the square, we were to begin – and stop – at two claps. Before I had time to think it through, the man in the suit clapped twice. .