.. yes, I can see how that could have happened. What I can't see is how the two of you – both sensitive, intelligent human beings – couldn't have ...orted things out the next evening. Or sometime in the past couple of months, at least, for god's sake..." Yeah, well," I conceded, moodily. "Maybe that's another point – I mean, our relationship has always had a sort of undercover quality – I think the world of the woman, I really do, but all the time I was getting to know her she was, of course,. Corrine nodded and tried to relax into the ropes bearing her weight.The front door opened with a flurry of activity as the rest of the family returned fro the weekly shopping trip. First Delia, opening the door and ushering the younger ones in and out from under foot. After the little girls came Missy carrying several shopping bags. Then Amy and Angie, Amy caring groceries in one arm and pulling the stroller that held Mary and Jillian. Angie carried the babies in, little dozing against her. "You need your mum. Got to her."*Getting back to the Cactus wasn't going to be a problem, I could find myway to Jenny's street simple enough and that thing is so ugly that itstands out like a fox in a hen house. There was one issue, though. Well,two issues really. Jenny and Bethan. I'm not sure I wanted to see eitherof them right now and I've no idea what I'd say to Jenny after lastnight so, like a true hero, I took the only brave route and had the Uberdrop me at the far side of her. Elena helped me into bed leaving me some aspirin, water and a bucket. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was off to dreamland. I woke up on a stone altar in an old Greek Temple. Statues of Greek Gods and Goddesses glared down at me with their terrible eyes frozen in angry judgement. I was wearing a long pure white tunic dress that Greek women used to wear with a golden laurel belt. Then there was a white blinding light shining at the corner of my eye. I turned to see an ancient black amphora.