”They finished the meal and stowed the washing up in the dishwasher.“John,” she said seriously, “I need to bring you up to date with what’s ...een happening – not at work. I suppose you’d call it socially.”“Sounds ominous.”“Not really, but four months is a long time and a lot has happened.”John got a couple of whiskies for them and settled down to listen.“You have some very nice and very good friends, John. A few days after you went, Susan and Jessica turned up on the doorstep and invited me to. " Honestly, it's not a problem. I've got a way of suppressing all the symptoms of nervousness which works very well. I might have been caught by surprise if you hadn't described the process, but I know what to do now. I'll be fine."I finished changing IDs, making sure I kept the right one, while Prof resumed, "Okay. Back to not being arrested. We want to avoid doing anything that will bring suspicion on us. I'd much rather take this slow and easy than rush and get arrested. We can come back to. We parked up and Jackie sorted out a change of clothes and we went into the services for a coffee and snack, and then she went into the loo to change into one of her loose knee length skirts and a button down blouse. She’d also decided not to wear her pants and they ended up in her handbag! Got back in the car and set off down the motorway. She soon loosened the top few buttons of the blouse so was showing plenty of cleavage. Trouble was the motorway lights had finished and we were travelling. I took the time to get every ringlet of hair to lay in perfect order. Lilly had once called my court clothes my armour — she couldn’t know how close to the truth she was. I arrived earlier than usual, hoping I could catch Nate before Service, but he wasn’t at the church although the doors had been unlocked and thrown open in the warm spring air. I was shocked to realize that after all the time we spent together I still didn’t know what he did before Service on Sundays. I didn’t want to march up.