“You have a nice body,” he said. “Too soft in the middle,” I said. “You’re in much better shape.” “Not really,” he said, proppin... himself up on his elbow. “Anyway I like the way you look.” It was said so matter-of-factly I turned to look directly at him. We looked at each other for a long minute, saying nothing. “So what just happened?” I asked. “I don’t know,” he said, smiling, “but I sure liked it.” “So did I,” I said, smiling back at him. “We are a mess,” he said after a pause.. In her hands she held a rattan cane. I saw Anneke blanch at the sight of the rod.Anneke's father pointed towards the kitchen. "You know where to go," he said."Papa. . ." If you do not obey me now, it will go all the worse for you," her father said.I moved toward the door. "I'll just be going now," I repeated."You will go nowhere," Anneke's father said. "Remember, my car is behind yours in the driveway. You cannot leave until I let you out." Without another word, he gestured to Anneke and we. Sarah saw Amanda's face brighten when she reached the wedding photos withJames. She slowed down and lingered on the pictures of the two of themholding hands at the altar and exchanging vows. She had a big smile onher face when the groom kissed his bride, and her eyes widened when theshots of the honeymoon appeared. The newlyweds were in the honeymoonsuite and James was first kissing her, and then helping her out of herwedding gown."God, these are hot," Amanda stated quietly, almost under her. It was 5:17PM exactly the moment that the Trojan program I'd loaded into her laptop was supposed to pull the plug."I'm sorry, Miss Shapiro," I said, "I just started a server upgrade, I'm afraid I cant come up there to help you for at least an hour." Damn! Look I...." There is nothing I can do," I said, loading my voice with fake regret, "once the upgrade is over I can try and recover your files."I settled back and watched the screen. Lainey was mad but she was trapped. Better an hour late.