You're coming over now, oui? You want to be the one to break the newsto her?" He was - IS - my little sister, Tante Marie." There was an awfulfinality...in those simple words, and Marie ached as much for him as shedid for her long-time friend and partner, Jane Thompson-Philips. "I'mon my way as soon as I call Caro and tell her where I'll be."With great care, Marie's trembling fingers replaced the ornatetelephone receiver back in its scrolled-metal cradle. She'd find Diana,and then call in their. It soon becomes obvious they are not going to come out.This isn’t really how I envisioned our post-work quickie evolving, but he cracks open a bottle of Grey Goose I gave him and we take swigs, between scrubbing at the carpet, my dress, my hair, his pants, the wall, and everything else that got in the firing line.“Next time, can we try that with me naked?” I suggest. He likes that suggestion a lot. He picks me up and dumps me on my back on his desk, knocking over a pile of documents and a glass. "Hello Helen this is Maxine," I said into her message machine. "Give me a call please. I'm trying to find out about Mosby."I broke down and called Mosby's phone, but all I got was the out of service message. I honestly hadn't expected that. I hadn't called her because of Jerry. I really hadn't a clue that she might have left town.I was tempted to call Jerry, but if he was working midnight shift, he might be sleeping. I didn't want to take a chance on waking him. Okay, I also didn't want to have. The dhow made a swift escape for it had been deliberately chosen for its speed. Before Trysta could uncover her hidden cannon and bring them to bear, the dhow was lost in the black backdrop of the Dark Continent and speeding it?s way inshore. Trysta was now left to contemplate the line of dhows out to seaward. It was obvious from their behaviour that they had heard the pistol fight and they were now closing in to attack. What they didn?t know, however was that the Cornish Maid was heavily.