‘We will go to bed now, maybe even sleep a little, but perhaps not.’ She smiled. ‘In my profession we tend to sleep during the day because our n...ghts are long. Tonight we are going to my favourite of our clubs. It is called ‘The Fall’ because Lise has a love of Milton, your English poet. You will need to wear something different but we will find something appropriate for you. Eva will deal with that. Now, come `kitty and bring that bottle with you. We should fuck and sleep, no?’ I followed her. Steven took the cigarette from Danielle's fingers and crushed it out.He turned side on and stroked her hair."I had this thought yesterday but today I'm going to vocalise it. I'vebeen a bloody fool. I didn't realise how beautiful you really are, notonly are you beautiful, but feminine, delightful and intelligent. AndI've been such a boor." He continued to stroke her hair."Well that's stating the bleeding obvious." Danielle could not meet hiseyes."You're making this very hard for me. Closing the book, Eleanor sat, silent for a few moments. “The dress in the charity shop.”“I took it back.”“You bought it?”“No! you did. I found it on my doorstep with a card from you.”Her face was unreadable, her voice low. “Maggie, I didn’t buy it for you.”But it had been there. The card! In my bin. I rushed to my kitchen bin, pulled all the rubbish out of it, searching frenziedly for the card but it wasn’t there. I banged my head against the wall in frustration and slumped to sit on the. He said, "It's good to see the two of you. You've been busy since I last saw you."I said, "Yes. More than I would like to have been."He said, "There's a saying I heard, 'All's well that ends!' Sometimes, that's enough."Lisa said, "I like that though, for us, it ended pretty well. Al saved my life. However, I would prefer not to get shot again."James said, "Are you okay now?" Yes, Thank you for asking. I'm fine now thanks to Al."I said, "The house is coming along."James said, "This is the time.