The waiter initially looked puzzled and then realised, he shook his head and sniggered.It was her turn to laugh. Her eyes screwed up and they laughed ...like a couple of teenagers. She loved it.He had picked her up early this evening in the driveway of the cottage she had rented. They had arranged previously that they would go straight out to avoid any awkward silences. That is what they had done… He had booked the restaurant a week ago and here they were.She felt as though she had known him for. Nothing happened to realise my imaginings till one shift when we were quite busy and Didn,t manage to lock up till 2am when usually lockup was midnight. I told Guy to have an hour,s rest in our breaks room and then headed there to have my meal. Guy had obviously not expected anyone to disturb him as the others on our shift were on established positions and could not leave till either Guy or I took over for them. Guy was laying on the settee at the rear of the room with his trousers round his. We also had various sensors and listening devices hidden in the King's castle at Kings Home. We were gratified to learn that the death of Ex'zar was detected very soon after it happened: specifically, the afternoon of the next day. Several wizards went to investigate why Ex'zar did not show up at a scheduled meeting. There was considerable consternation when they saw the warning message that I had left. We were all interested in what would be the next act of the cabal.Surprising to all of us,. But somebody, eventually, would win it out there, and no matter how humble the AL West's champ's season won-lost record might be, that club would still get its shot in the post-season.Those were the kinds of thoughts, I knew, that caused Paul Warren to frown a lot.Meanwhile, though, everything the Orioles touched was turning to gold. We had two starting pitchers who were on schedule to win twenty games -- Shiggie Nomura, who'd won 17 last year, and his old friend and former roomy, Sam.