She's just a bimbo slut, I'll bet sex is the only thing you get from her. She wasn't too happy with you the other night, was she? I saw the expression...on her face when she went to the toilets. Did she see my bottom and spit the dummy out over me sitting on your lap? Well, Charles, I'll keep chasing you for now but don't wait until I've got bored or I might find someone else and then you'll end up chasing me."Diane finished getting dressed without Charlie saying a single word to her. He didn't. I am delighted to meet you at last. This sector is one of the quietest ones we have, and that's because you and General Ali keep your men in hand. Thank you for that. Now, what can we do for you?"I pulled the message out. "Can either of you read Marathi?"Both of them shook their heads, a distinctly Anglo gesture. They started rattling off languages. Ali's native Urdu of course, the Emir's native Arabic, Pushtu, Farsi, Hindi, English naturally, Russian some, a smattering of German. Not Marathi.. I explained to Tony what had happened; there was a long silence when I finished. "He really was a shithead, wasn't he?" Tony said levelly. "Stupid bugger didn't learn a thing." Yeah, but it might look like you guys triggered him to go off the deep end, Tony. You could be in trouble, big trouble." Well, thanks for the heads up, Tom," he said, then hung up. At first, I was a little angry at his abruptness, then I realized he was at the house of one of the guys who'd left with him Friday night;. . it felt like a warm summer’s evening in the middle of a snowstorm, while looking at the stars. She didn’t open her lips this time.I looked up.Annie was motioning to ‘break it up.’ I didn’t want to, but I pulled away. Claire smiled at me, wiped my lips, and went back into the kitchen.Yep — I am in love. And ... I got it bad!====We had lunch and then we started choreographing “The Tennessee Waltz.” Mom was a big help since she knew what we could do. We had it roughed out in about thirty.