She laughed and sprang up to hug him. She hadn’t been this happy in a long time. As he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his chest, s...e drank deeply of his scent. ‘Mmm,’ she hummed. ‘I’ve wanted this moment for so long, and now you’re here!’ Dan caressed her hair as he said, ‘I wouldn’t have missed this chance for the world, Amy. You’re even lovelier than I’d dreamed.’ She felt herself melting into him. Was the soft bulge in his pants growing? They sat down and talked for a. All those planning exercise fall extremely short in the face of real-world disaster. Developmental, urban sprawl, and incessant consumption of resources, outpaced the ability of local infrastructure to protect or provided adequately most of the people most of the time. Government typically plans for normal outcomes, and disasters are never normal or follow a plan.“What the hell is going on?” I muttered to myself after my morning shopping excursion, and carefully putting everything in storage.. Clear?”He bellowed the last word.Gareth nodded but remained silent, cowed by his father’s anger.“Have you registered who Miss Ward is?”“No, Dad,” was the whispered reply.“Look at the restraining order again and note the two addresses given for her.”“Flat 3...”“The other one!”“Wilkins Distribution.”“Who have invited us to tender for an extension to their garages and possibly new ones. With her as Transport Manager do you think we stand a chance of winning that tender now?”“Oh shit!”“Why did you. As she came down the stairs I could notice the sad and sullen look on her face but upon looking at me, she managed to smile at me.“There is nothing much, but please help yourself,” I said as I passed her the dishes.Carol silently served herself and began eating. The sight of her gobbling the food from her plate melted my heart. I felt pity for her and the condition in which she was living.“Carol, are you eating well? You have become a bit skinny,” I asked.She swallowed the morsel in the mouth,.