"How long do you intend on staying Jen?"She looked at me as if she hadn't thought about it until then."Not long, I'll get a paper and see if I can get...a flat, why, fed up with me already?" No I'm not fed up at all, I'm actually looking forward to having you around for a while, it's just that, well you know the sleeping arrangements and all that!"She laughed softly and gave me that coy look of hers that used as a kid when she wanted something from dad, it always worked on him and the crafty. Turns out most of the blood belonged to someone else." Yes, fortunately for me and unfortunately for him." I replied."How did you get so much of his blood on you?" he asked."He laid on top of me while he bled to death. Well almost to death, I think he still had a minute or two left when I rolled him off me.' I said."How awful for you," he commented."Not as awful as it was for the man who died on top of me." I said seriously."Yes of course," the young officer said, "There are a lot of people who. "I smile because my plan is working great...Present – Maria - At the cabinIt's not hard to see where the explosion came from because there's a hell of a mushroom cloud over the area. However, I'm sure it wasn't nuclear otherwise we wouldn't be here right now, but the shape of the cloud is an indication that it was one hell of a blast.I jog toward the mushroom cloud, get close and then stop when I see Thom and another woman...Present – Thom, Maria and Inga – back at what used to be the. “Yes” she thought “now you’ve checked I‘m in town and in my hotel room, you’ll get off your mobile and take that trollop to my bed.” Her eyes prickled at his betrayal, and she swallowed, taking deep breaths to calm herself. She lay face down on her bed, gripping the pillows tightly and pulling them to her face. CHAPTER SIX In his car, Bernard turned to his companion. “It’s OK, she’s in her hotel room. At last we can have a full night to ourselves. Another five minutes my dear and we.