”“I am sorry, sir,” the man at the car answered Keith’s inquiry. “Hasad had a family emergency and asked me to take over for him. You need e...uipment and we must hurry. It gets dark early and I do not wish to be on the road after sundown. This is not safe country.”“What do you mean?” Maddie asked.“The PKK, Kurdish resistance, has been pushing west from its normal territory,” the driver answered. “It is safer not to be on the roads after dark.” Relieved that the driver seemed to be taking their. ” I slurred “You’re drunk, Claire,” he said “Nooooooooo,” I said, in a whisper. The lift arrived at our floor and Alex helped me get to my room. My suite was a smaller junior suite, which didn’t have the separate living area as Alex’s did. I sat on the edge of the bed and bent over to take my shoes off. As I sat up, I saw Alex in front of me. “I could really take advantage of you,” he teased. “Oh no, don’t, not again,” I protested, though I didn’t mean it. With that, he ordered me to stand up. I couldn’t—”“Your brother is safe, Linda,” Irving stops her. “And you’re safe, and Hugo is safe. Keep the Tremaine ID for now, it will pass muster under casual inspection and for him to have none at all could create problems. But try to avoid having to use it, continue maintaining a low profile until we can get him his own.”“You can do that?” Linda asks him.He smiles. “It helps to have contacts with the right people. To be in a position to pull some strings. And I think I’m going to have a. He was obviously excited. I told him to book the room in my name as I plan to be there first, getting ‘ready’ for him. On the other hand, I met this married guy (Alan) on Tuesday who was in town for work. We fucked Wednesday night and he wanted to see me one more night before he left. I convinced him to stay back for Friday night if he wanted some fun. Alan was also told that a ‘friend’ of mine will join if he decided to stay back. He, like Josh assumed I was talking about a girl. God was he a.