’ ‘God you are awful,’ she giggled. Buck pushed on. ‘Can you deny you have not thought about us setting up home together?’ The big blush wen... well with Gloria’s chestnut hair. ‘I see.’ The blush deepened. They continued on lost in their thoughts until Gloria suddenly yelled, ‘You bastard. You had this planned. This thing about Gloria’s 2nd wedding on the first Saturday after the week of the elections is part of your election strategy.’ ‘Guilty as charged. You must realize as a rank outsider I. "I need to, um, go." So do I," Jake added."See if you can hang on for a few more minutes and hopefully, daddy will find a lay-by or a café or something."The chances of coming across a lay-by down these roads were pretty slim and finding a café was as remote as finding a loo on the moon. Ten minutes down the road and Suzie was starting to squeak and squirm. I pulled over in what turned out to be the entrance to a farmer's field. At least it got us off the road."Where are we?" the kids asked."I. “I need to sit up.” Zoe said. She went to sit up but the man pushed her down. “I’m sorry Zoe, I can’t allow that, I’m a vampire and I’m truly sorry for this but I haven’t had a fresh meal in a month.” Zoe looked up in disbelief. “This guy a vampire? I don’t think so.” But then she saw he opened his mouth and she saw the fangs, dripping with saliva. Fear gripped Zoe, she looked up pleadingly but there was no changing his mind. Zoe struggled she moved her arms but he pinned them. She tried moving. Look, let's simplify things. I'm inSan Francisco. Where are you? MING: L.A. ATREUS: Not that far. How about we get together, you and I and another couplefrom the Society. You name the place. Somewhere in LA where you'll feel safe.A restaurant maybe with booths where we can all talk without an audience. MING: A couple? ATREUS: One of our Members and his current girl. MING: That'd be OK, I guess. ATREUS: No guessing! If you're a wuss, check out now. But if this is reallyyour fantasy, now is your.