And I had to tell him about his mother as well. He mustn’t blame her for making him promise so I had to tell him about us. That would be difficult a... well. Lena sensed my hesitation and reluctance. ‘Oh Mike, if you don’t speak to him who will? Jo can’t certainly afterwards. If you talk to him while we’re upstairs perhaps he’ll accept it.’ ‘Does she know how dangerous this will be?’ ‘Oh yes,’ she said seriously, ‘she knows. She told me that if he asks her to choose, she’ll choose him. I know we. “We just all knew it was coming sooner or later,” she added with a shrug.“Apparently everyone but you, dude,” Mikey teased. “Oh, and she’s looking over here at you again.”I turned my head toward her table, just in time for Deedee and Lexie to look up and catch me.Busted again.I turned back to Mike and frowned. “Not that anyone will miss me, apparently,” I added bitterly. “But I thought I’d do every other day there and here.”“That’s fine,” Beast grinned, waving his fork in the air for emphasis.. ’ ‘Just think it over…’ stepping out the door Juan looked back, ‘we could do it for six months, make the money and get out.’ Shaking his head Patrick replied, ‘You always think you’re going to get out….but it follows you….trouble never lets you go.’ * Snake broke into the house and walked around checking out the place. After a while he went over to the small bar in the corner of the lounge and poured himself a glass of whisky. His eyes were gritty and he was tired, having only managed a short. A few minutes later, though, she began to feel distinctly uncomfortable. The sunlight seemed to be growing brighter, and she was feeling warmer, in fact as she looked down she saw that her dress was quite damp. Not far away a tall, dark-skinned young man who was spraying the plants with a hose turned to look at her-- and the look on his face as he turned to look at her told the story. He rushed over to her as her knees started to buckle and just barely was able to hold her up to guide her to a.