I focussed on my study, hoping to finish my apprenticeship early and start full-time work for the law firm. My hard work was acknowledged and in Septe...ber I became a junior probate solicitor. By the end of November I had saved enough money to cover the deposit for the Amsterdam trip. And in December I met Violet.Last Saturday, following the easing of the Covid-19 lockdown, I visited Martin. His wife was out – she works for the NHS – so we sat together in his back garden at a social distance and. He’s definitely not a nice guy, not like you.”“No?”“No. He liked to hurt me. You know, during sex. I guess you’d call him a sadist.” She went on to tell me, in some detail, about his cruelty, how she’d thought she loved him until his dark side had emerged over time. At first, it had been an exciting adventure, but he’d gotten increasingly extreme, not stopping when she begged him to. She’d become terrified he would kill her, and knew he’d never let her go. She’d seized her first chance to run,. I fired fairly slowly at the body, and then raised my aim to fire at the head. I hit the paint on all five of the head shots, but they were not in a tight cluster as I seemed to have more trouble raising my aim.Dai said, "Amazing. You have a feel for this. We'll work on speeding up your firing, but Yori said you rapidly fired several rounds at a man who was going to shoot you with an automatic weapon. No wonder you were able to disable him. You're very accurate."I told Dai, "I still don't like. " I will not be lost, Bran," Cela interrupted, gazing down at him from her position on the Sacred Rock. "I will become ... changed ... Changed by the touch of the Wind God. Other Chosen Ones say that they are the same, inside, even after the touch of the Wind God. Only the skin is changed, and the Wind God gives us children who are like the Gods, themselves." Naked, hairless and helpless?" Bran argued. "How are they like Gods, Cela?" That is enough!" Ong commanded. "You know as everyone does.