. 3, 2, 1. "RING!" The hallways erupted as the fifth period ended. I closed my eyes and concentrated on all those minds that were going up and down th...se stairs. Joey and Suzi were trapped on the landing between the first and second floor, just as I had planned. I had known I was going to have problems with so many people, but I figured the worst that could happen was I just wouldn't get everybody in time. I managed to peek at their state of minds as there was a momentary decrease of people on. On the Saturday evening, Perry had organised a barbecue for a few of our friends and he also mentioned that his cousin Sheena might come over and stay the night. In the end, only six turned up, and there was plenty of beer and wine. The evening went well and we were all enjoying ourselves. At about 9:30pm as I went into the kitchen to get more beer, the doorbell rang and I went to answer it. Standing there was a very attractive girl who introduced herself as Sheena, Perry’s cousin. She was. So it came time go we walked to the car and she linked her arm through mine. On the way back she asked if I would pull over as she had something she wanted to ask me. I pulled over and parked up. She said, "I'm going to tell you something that I would like you to listen to without speaking until I finish, will you do that for me?" "Yes" I said."10 years ago I picked up Chris's phone by mistake and opened a text, it was from a woman who I found out he had been texting dirty messages for over a. "How many's that now, girl?" asked Tom."Nuunne or tiinnn," came the reply muffled by the mask."Nine or ten, eh, well there's twenty or thirty more waiting outside. Looks like you gonna have a long night of it. You like the fact I put the word round for ya?" Ees," Yes, what?" Ees surr." Good girl, you want your bonus now or later?" Buutthh, pliss, surr."Tom chuckled, deep in his big frame, "Both, eh! I reckon I can manage that." There was the sound of a zipper being lowered and a belt opened..