.. God how I love that woman!"Thank you", I whispered"More?"I shook my head and tried to wet my dry lips. "Kiss", I croakedSamantha teared up and bent... her head down to mine giving me the softest, sweetest kiss I'd ever had.She straightened up and began spooning more ice into me."You were shot with a 22 pistol. Subsonic round meant to kill as quietly as possible from a close range. Not a hollow point but it did a lot of damage to your shoulder. The good news is that it missed your lung. It broke. She was impressed with his serve, he kept putting it in just the right place for her to hit, but varying the power so she had to move around the court quickly. She felt really energised again. When it was time for the break she walked of the court with him.Coming back, she found that her jaw felt a bit, well, achy, and she wondered why. Must have been a bit stressed she thought. Anyway, the Aussie gave her another good workout. The next day, before the semi- final, he gave her a gentle workout. He was still being escorted by security personnel – and it was starting to grate on him a bit. It was protocol for him to be dropped off at a different stadium entrance each day. He never knew if he was going to be dropped off right outside the clubhouse or have to walk 10 minutes through the bowels of the stadium to get to his locker.He was doing his best to keep from complaining but he just wished the woman would leave him alone. He was tired of sitting down with Cynthia Lu two or three times. She was fearful of what she had let herself in for but yet she felt the blind faith that Lorraine had in her. “I cannot let her down,” she told herself over and over again.Lorraine had joined her one Friday evening and was to stay with her for the weekend. Monday was the big day as Lorraine was to take her to the office and introduce her to the workforce. Alice admitted to herself that she was very apprehensive. But now she had reached another target, to be on Lorraine’s payroll as a trusted.