/authors/roger/ Recent content in Roger on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/49578/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/49578/ <p><em><strong>Update (2012/11/17):</strong> Some more corrections</em></p> <p><strong>Part I</strong></p> <p>It was a mid December and even the weather was an obliging conspirator. About six inches or more of fresh powder covered the ground and the wind has a sharp bite to it. I had arrived a full two hours ahead of the appointed time to make preparations. She might be a no show; but I was counting on her pride to overrule her fear. It was her pride in refusing to back down the made her one of the best subs with which I had ever played. This may sound like a bit of a paradox, but the only woman worth bending to your will is one with steel in her spine. I had learned that doormats were neither fun nor challenging.</p>