The car met me at Derby station and the next moment I was here. I could have walked it in five minutes. This whole area seems to be new." It has been ...erelict for years. Many years ago it was the Midland Railway steam locomotive works. Now it is all new development. The Derby County football stadium is just down the road." Ouch stadiums, thank God I am not playing that. I remember playing at Wembley once. I was support for a rock band that had three hits, played Wembley then vanished into. " There was a definite edge to the woman's voice and Nicole could feel the tension between her and Rob.Rob didn't reply. He slowly picked up his pint glass and took a slug of beer."Aren't you going to introduce us, Rob?" Lizzie asked with a disdainful glance in Nicole's direction. If Nicole had been a flower, she'd have withered up and died. Lizzie's expression was positively poisonous."No," replied Rob with a faint smile that didn't reach his eyes.The sound of amplifiers screaming made them. “So,” I said, “where’s Arturo? That was his name, wasn’t it?”I’d never met her husband, and there was no wedding ring on Jazz’s finger.She shrugged. “He split, years ago. We were in Catalonia – or maybe it was Tuscany. A very fit young trapeze artist joined us and, long story short, they went off together.”I’d opened a bottle of Merlot, and now filled glasses for Jazz, my wife, and me. We considered the girls to be a bit too young, although when there was just us, the girls were allowed a. When we pulled in the driveway and went inside he showed me the guest room. I put my things on the bed and came up front. We cooked dinner outside and ate in the backyard. After eating I came in and took my shower and put my underwear on. David said, here you can do what ever you're man enough to do. I said ok, can I have a beer.He said it's in the fridge. Shocked, I went to the kitchen and sure enough beer was in the fridge. I grabbed one and sat on the couch. He said he was going to take a.