"I don't get it, Lola," she said. "You don't have to, I don't understand it myself," I said."We are leaving tomorrow," James suddenly asked. I looked ...urprised at him. That was a plan I had no idea about. I was scared of leaving Melissa with that much information by herself. I looked over to Melissa - she looked blank, speechless and sad at the same time at me. "I won't reproach you, Lola," she said with a small forced smile. The ringing of my mobile phone brought us all back to life. I opened. It was an extended stay hotel with large suites. The driver handed her a key with a room number. He waved off her offer of a tip with a laugh. Her man opened the door to the suite and she stepped inside. To her surprise, he wasn’t alone. Two men stood as she entered. One was almost as tall as her man, but was even more muscular. His serious, dark brown eyes seemed to take her in all at once. The other was only slightly shorter, but was the thinnest of the three. He had light blond hair and. ‘Thank you,’ she said to Neil who was standing, immobile, staring down at Alex. ‘We should go downstairs and let him sleep.’ ‘Will he be alright?’ ‘He’ll be fine. I’ll wake him in an hour and if he wakes easily and recognises me I’ll just let him be.’ ‘Do you think he will? That looked pretty bad.’ ‘It wasn’t good and it’s frustrating that it’s happened after all this time but he’ll be fine. When he wakes up he’ll be completely back to normal. He always is, even after the really bad ones. We’re. "I hope we'll see you again soon." Thanks Carol." I said. "Thanks for making this so easy. And fun." I added.I waved to her through the window after I was outside and she blew me akiss. It was weird, but I felt empowered by the whole experience. I thoughtof how nervous I'd been when I went in, and now I felt great. I smiled tomyself as I walked down the street to Duignans.I almost forgot to get the acne cream from the chemists.At 12:30 exactly I was at the entrance to Duignans. Stephanie came.