' 'Thisis ridiculous,' she finally declared in a low voice. 'Isit?' Thesilence hung over us like a damp Sunday while many emotions flickered overHe...en's round face, a lock of her blonde hair falling loose to decorate heraristocratic forehead. 'Allright, Catherine,' she finally agreed, swinging her legs down from underher. 'We have a wager and I'm not wrong.' Iwatched her as she strode confidently to the bookshelves, her fingers runningover the spines until she came to rest on a small. I could have opened my window and called out to them . . . I could have. .But I didn’t, instead I reached behind me and pulled my coat from the back seat and covered the crouching form with it, I also locked the doors – I didn’t want anyone else to come in.Just before the two men caught up with us the light, or whatever the hold-up was cleared and I started to move with the flow, picking up speed — leaving the two behind.I watched them in my mirror gesticulating with their hands and blaming. As mom delivered her unscripted lines, I was in awe. She owned this role and perfectly portrayed the bored housewife with an uninteresting yet loving husband. The scene went on for 5 minutes without any prompting from the director and at the end everyone clapped. My mom was in heaven. The director said that the words from both the actors were natural and said that they should just stick to it. A few more scenes followed including one where Cathy was to make love to Roger in the back of his car. Satisfied, he gestured to his men who lobbed phosphorus grenades into the building and as the buggies pulled away, flames were already licking out of the windows and white smoke began to billow into the sky.Suzzanne awoke, blinking her eyes open, unsure of her surroundings, the cave was still sunlight from the pothole but it was clear time had moved on. She raised herself onto her elbows, her head pounded and she felt dizzy, then she realised she had no pain. Running her hands over her belly.