I'd been calling Perry, not Thomas! I was going to tell the man he could keep his flowers, I didn't want them or him. I wasn't coming that weekend or ...ny other. I was going to be busy with Thomas, with the man I was going to marry. I was going to make it clear to him and draw a line that his blackmail didn't cross. That's what I'd planned on doing when I'd reached for the phone, pushing the numbers quickly before I changed my mind."Thomas," I swallowed hard and I should have just hung up. "Hi.. Two weeks 'til he could hold her again, finding a dark corner he let the tears fall. Several of his cousins found him and started to make fun of him. He'd never fought back, never had a reason to, this time his ire rose to monumental heights as he punched his way out of the corner knocking all five of them out.His mother and father walked up a few minutes later their mouths hanging open. "Damn son," his father said "she must be a hell of a girl to get your dander up like this. When can we meet. She knew I was steady with Gemma, but I think she wanted to play the field. I have to say, that Penny wasn’t exactly my type as such, but there was something very sexy about her and she had a lovely pert bum. We sat down and rejoined our girlfriends. “Can I make a suggestion?” Said Penny when we had sipped our cider and chatted at some length about who was the hottest female singer at the moment. “Go for it?” I said. “Have you guys ever been to Connect4?” “Where’s that?” I asked. “It’s the only. ‘Umm…’ He realised that, despite their friendship, he’d never called her at home. In fact, he didn’t have her home phone number! After several moments of near panic he was able to remember her address and went to find a phone book. Bottomley, D. wasn’t there. She had an unlisted number. ‘Shit!’ ‘Elizabeth,’ he thought. ‘Elizabeth might have it.’ He did have Elizabeth’s number, she’d been to dinner with Caron and Stan several times before last November. ‘Elizabeth? It’s Stan.’ ‘Hello, Stan!.