There was Lupe, trotting along with a rabbit in her mouth. She'd been in deep snow; you could tell from the stuff frozen to her side and belly. The sp...ce between the barn and the house, though, was blown almost clear.Having taken in the wolf and his position, she seemed to be looking for me. "Barn," I said loud enough for her to hear. She turned her attention to the wolf again. She trotted up to him and lowered her forequarters, looking like she wanted to play. Wolf came over. She sprang up and. The ceiling was smothered in crystals down to about 2m from the floor. In the centre was a round, raised dais. It had one step and then embedded in the top platform was a dark metal ring. It was 15cm wide and had an internal diameter of 3m. Another metre of tiles was placed outside the ring.10m from the dais were six curved pits that were a metre wide with 50cm high bung walls. Each pit was evenly spaced with a gap as wide as the pit between them. Three other doorways gave access to this room.. ” I didn’t dress this cute not to be seen.The guy seated us and offered a wine list.John asked me, “Is a Chianti OK?”“No. We’d like A dry Lambrusco perhaps one from Emilia Romagna?”The Maitre‘d look at me, then John and turned back to me, “Very good Madam,” in one of those fake upper-class accents and scurried away.John swallowed and tried conversation “You left before I could get your phone number, I didn’t have a way to call you and confirm. I thought you might not come.”I gave him my best. The Chairman once said: "You can only forgive a dead enemy."I would attack Sandford whenever I could, but he would not know.The first thing I did was talk to William."William, I need to know what was going on and why he let you go?" I asked.At first William was silent but after a few weeks I got the story out of him."Dad, Sandford beat us. At first it was only a slap or two and he did the same to Zoe. We should have told you dad but we did not have any proof. The last time he hit me I was.