.. no, let's leave it at that. I turned and ran, quit my job, quit the country and settled down as a farmer's wife in the depth of rural France. I..... did many things. Some wise, some foolish, some outrageous; some understandable and some surprising. And inaction is also an action. I stood there while these futures, and their variations and variations on variations, split off and spun off, leaving only the here and now. I stood there, no longer a crowd, but once again a singular human. I picked up my mobile and called Jenny's house. I figured that's where Florette would be if she wasn't in hospital. Or at work, but I doubted she'd be there after the night that she'd obviously had.As I'd guess, Jenny hadn't left for work either. I heard her say "shush" to silence the other voices in the room as she picked up the handset. Funny I could also hear the same news broadcast playing on her television in the background. Handy because they must have seen the same piece of film I. I wanted to just get it over with ... but I couldn't deny that some part of me wanted to be made love to properly, before the pain hit."Agreed?" he asked me."Agreed." I decided to push my luck, however, and left the three buttons undone on my blouse. I'm sure he noticed, but he didn't say a thing."Steven?" Yes, Sarah?" You asked me how I felt about you. I told you." Yes." Are you going to tell me how you feel?" Honestly, Sarah, no. I'm not. Not until I know what's going on."I expected that,. " I said seizing the moment.Mum looked at the screen, at me, then at the screen again, her lips curving into a wide smile as she nodded her head at something she saw or was thinking."Do you really think so?" she asked looking at me again."Yes I do." I stated with growing excitement.Mum looked at the screen again just in time to see the actress put her leg up on the handrail of the stairs she was standing on to show off the first bit of pussy of the entire film. The timing couldn't have been.