Marianne didn't play tennis, but I loved the game and was quite good at it. I saw an opportunity to explore the possibilities of getting to know Pam a... little better. Pam’s on-the-court flirting, and her playing sans underwear, caught my attention in a big way. Pam had a killer body for a thirty-three year old, but out of respect for Marianne, my wife, I did my best to keep both my eyes and my hands where they belonged. But I could only hold out for so long. I had just finished mowing the yard. You know what that's like. No pressure, no traffic, just kicking back laughing and letting the stress slip away.Well, this morning Kim was sleeping late in the guestroom. She always slept there. Like I said we're just friends. She had gotten here late last night, Friday, and had kicked back on the deck drinking wine and chatting away. It's always fun to have Kim over. When you live so far from civilization and the nearest neighbor is over a mile away, some company during the weekend helps break. But then he, being the gifted child he is, suddenly decided that jerking off and everything else I had done with him was beneath him. It blew me away. He even started making fun of me. I guess I decided never to have anything to do with anyone like that again.”I waited for him to continue, and eventually had to say, “So what does this have to do with me and Joe?”“Nothing, except ... I don’t know how to say this.”“Just say it any way you can,” I said, trying to get my head low enough to make eye. She provided Dukov's advisors with the knowledge they needed to counter much of the negative campaign advertising being aired on television by the GDPP. She then teamed up with a group of young Danubian nationalists supporting Dukov and trained them how to monitor and respond to negative campaign ads.Cynthia Lee's efforts turned out to be successful beyond her wildest dreams. Starting with a very wide lead in opinion polls, the GDPP watched their public support slowly erode as Danubian voters.