"Eliza please listen to me?" he said in an appeasing tone.

"You lied to me..again" Eliza managed to keep her voice just under a screech. "You said that this was a business thing."

"Technically, it is. I am in business with at least five of the men here tonight!" he responded defensively.

"But this isn't really business is it? This is your precious little football game, the one I wasn't good enough to be invited to until after I threatened to leave you!"

"You said that you wanted to meet my ...