"Steve Broadfield." Steve, Chris. Sam's been shot and Gina is missing." Shit, how's Sam?" Bad. She's losing a lot of blood." Where are you?" Westbourn... shopping centre." Well the only hospital with an emergency department is the Generalso I'll meet you there and Chris; Sam will make it."Steve pressed the red button on his mobile and then hit one of hisspeed dial numbers."Wilkinson." Clive, Steve." Hi Steve." Sam has been shot at Westbourne shopping centre, Chris soundsalmost hysterical and Gina. He'd promised Rich one hour. Just an hour, goddamnit, and already I feel that I've sold my soul and crossed a line where I can't ever go back.Rich never said much with his eyes (he was a hell of a poker player), but if you'd known him for as long as Amanda's father Bill had, you could usually see where he was going with things. Had Rich been planning this all along? Had it started when he'd made that offhand comment as they were motoring out of the harbor? 'She sure is a fine looking woman now,. ” I chuckled and heard her low laugh. “Seriously, I will take you to dinner and find something that’s not too obscene to do after that. I hope you will find it in your heart to spend all day Saturday doing something with me. If nothing else, we can go look at all the sales. I will find something for us to do.”“Okay.”“You’re okay with those sketchy plans?”“I’ll be with you. That sounds good, Randy.”“Thanks.” The next day was Friday. I checked for something after dinner and found a free concert. These people were always polite, never touched her, or even spoke to her, although many spoke about her, how pretty she was, how wealthy her parents must be, how unfortunate it was that none of her high class friends could be here with her. It became a game to them. This high class bitch thought that they were scum, so why not get up close and show her that she is mistaken about that? It only took three days before Kerstin Forster would not leave the rental house that her family occupied."I'm.