"The image of John, on his back, hung in mid-air below their feet. John's head was to the left. Jenny sat between John's legs, her own legs folded bac..., and facing John. The image of Mandy was further away, sitting like Jenny on the far side of John."Please turn the image," Mandy instructed, "so that we see from over John's left shoulder." The tableau rotated anti-clockwise, and then stopped. "It is not necessary to display entire bodies. Move in toward Jenny. Stop. Back up a bit. Stop. That's. "And you're alone, are you?" she asked. "You're not with some friends hiding behind a rock laughing at you while you chat up a strange English woman on the beach?"Paul blushed. Was he making a fool of himself? "Naw! There's nobody. There's now't but me, like. I just saw you sitting there, all alone, like..." And you thought you'd chat with me, is that it?" Aye. I'm sorry if I've pissed you off, like," he said crestfallen and blushing in that way he still couldn't control. Just as he had with. I was on good terms with his Mum & Dad and they had obviously considered me decent sort, as they had invited me to dinner with the family upstairs not long after I moved in, a rather uncommon act of neighbourliness on their part these days, I thought at the time. We often used to pass in the car park or on the stairs and pass the time of day but because of Davids age, I always took care to avoid situations that might put us alone together, although he had once or twice loitered with me on the. " Me and Holly finish our dinners and order desert. I have a slice of chocolate cake and Holly orders vanilla ice cream. I tell Holly that need to pick up the pace if she wants her surprise and that's all the motivation she needs. She powers through the ice cream and I'm amazed she doesn't get brain freeze. Once we're done with desert I pay our check and we leave. I have the address from Katy and Holly is driving me nuts with all her questions. "Where are we going?" "What are we doing?" "Is it.