happens” that Haman shows up. It “just so happens” that the king omits Mordecai’s name, allowing Haman to think that the king wants to honor him instead of Mordecai. After the humiliation of having to honor Mordecai, Haman comes to Esther’s banquet, where she implicates Haman in the plot to kill her people. When the king leaves in anger and Haman begins to beg Esther for his life, it “just so happens” that the king returns at the exact moment when Haman’s pleading looks like an assault on the queen.