She bounced her foot idly and wondered if Gavin had picked up his copy of Ladz from the campus newsagents yet. She’d find out soon enough. He was du... back any minute now.At twenty, Gavin was almost year older than Laura. Instead of going to university straight from school, he’d deferred his entry, travelled around Europe, and joined the volunteer effort in Africa. She thought he was fun to be around, although not everyone agreed, and he was, without doubt, one of the most intelligent people. Bad things happen everyday and it would be most unfortunate if he found himself the victim of a traumatic experience. Smiley had continued to squeeze the entire time and I noticed that his knuckles were white; he had a maniacal grin on his face.Clint leaned in again and whispered in his ear, then moved back and slipped the dagger into a sheath that was horizontal across the outside of his belt at the small of the back, letting his shirt fall back over it. We all stepped back and the guy visible. ‘You ready, Wanda?’ Wanda smiled sheepishly and replied, ‘Yup!’ ‘Okay then. Come on over to the set and well get started when you’re ready.’ Wanda gathered up about a dozen tapered candles and a lighter and walked over to the sofa. ‘Mind if I turn over this cushion? It’s kind of wet.’ Without waiting for my answer, she flipped over the cushion, fluffed the pillows at either end of the sofa and then placed the candles and lighter on the cushion next to the wet one. ‘I’m ready when you are, Mr.. I wanted to have a better life than the disaster that was Patti's, and certainly better than what had been my own miserable existence. I wanted to make friends with people who had dreams and ambitions. Being a housewife and a mother, though being a noble life choice, just didn't appeal to me for a lifetime commitment. I had wasted my first life; I sure as hell wasn't going to waste this one!Cathy had left promising to write every day, but I knew she wouldn't. I figured she might think of me as.