The protracted periods of darkness between each light induced her pace to match the quickened interval of her heartbeat. Turning the next corner she g...anced backwards at the man, still following. Though it may have been her imagination, he seemed to be increasing his pace to match her own."36, 12, 32," she said aloud to herself, no longer whispering, the panic beginning to erupt and grow into a full state of fear.Remembering a shortcut she knew as a child, she made for the corner, Then Melinda. “Hi Kim, how are you?” “I’m great thanks, just enjoying the sun and a quick read” “Are you doing anything interesting this weekend?” “No not really, I don’t have any plans at the moment. What are you up to?” “Colin is picking me up later and we’re off to York for the weekend” “That sounds great, I’ve been told the Minster is a lovely place to visit but I’ve never been there myself” “Oh it is and I’m really looking forward to seeing it. Is everything okay with you and Emma?” “Yes, why do you. Karl looked through the large window. “Seems quite spacious,” he told her. “They have an upstairs as well.” Claire looked at the large To-Let sign, but Karl also saw a notice on the door window regarding letting. He took out his mobile phone. “It’s Sunday,” Claire told him, “there’ll be no estate agents open now.” Suddenly Karl started speaking to a voice at the other end. Claire stood back as Karl wandered up to the shop next door, mobile to his ear and talking away. Moments later he was. In other words, I broke it at the worst possible place – typical of me,” she groused out. “Anyway, my wonderful husband got permission to use one of the General’s jets and its pilot to ferry the Healer and Jeff halfway across the U.S. to heal me.“It should have gone off without a hitch, and the Healer did a very thorough job, and as it turns out – maybe too thorough. Again, Jeff knew very little about her at the time, other than she was capable of healing truly terrible injuries. But while she.