Dave and Julia had volunteered to man the front door to let our guests in, so I didn’t have to worry about that. When we stepped out of the elevator..., everyone stopped and stared. Bethany was right - the uniform was a hit.“Oh my God, Steve!” Stephie said, laughing, “That is just perfect! I mean, right down to the hat and everything!”“You shall address me as Comrade Colonel, and remember I am Hero of Soviet Union!” I said with the same horribly fake Russian accent.“Oooh!” Jackie said, “Can I be. Fortunately, she was stopped, and instead she ended upbecoming a doppelganger of Liz Sommers..." ...who unbeknown to her was the lover she had abandoned years earlier,now transformed," said Duvall."Sommers claims she started out as someone else before that," saidMike. "Do we know who?" I haven't had a chance to ask her yet," said Duvall, "but if she'sjoining the Order that's something we'll need to know." If Jake and Nancy had had a kid before the curse was lifted," musedMike," he'd have been a. "We are sexually free here in Hong Kong, Cap-tain. Go to your hotel room and wait. Mei-Lian will arrive shortly, as soon as she is freshened up. You will not regret it."An hour and a half later, James was relaxed on his bed in his blue pajamas and matching dressing gown. He stared at the lit end of his cigar and took a long puff on it.There was a knock on the door. He sprang from the bed to open it.A very petite young Chinese girl stood there. She was dressed in a richly embroidered blue silk. Once I calm down, the water feels good. One of the men I have come to think of as the executioners is standing above me. He offers me a bottle of water. I didn't realize how thirsty I was until I start drinking. The entire bottle gone, he offers me more, almost as if he is being kind to me. I know better.The sun is up, and it is early morning. The sounds of the country fill the barn, birds singing, flies buzzing, and even a slight breeze rustling leaves. In some ways, it is actually peaceful.