. "wat?" the guy says, and the girl in a softer more gentle voice says "say my name. And he says it "again" says the girl, and he says it again, ...again" "again" "yea... Like that" The girl pulls a liquid out her purse allowing the guy to see with his one eye but for sum reason keeps it closed. She moves the guy shorts open wit her feet and pour the liquid down. She then moves her hands to his ears and allows him to see but not hear and continues where she left off. She puts her head. ”A bit less loudly, she said, “Tim, I have all these debts, and I don’t have the money. And now, my lawyer says Vicki is legally an adult, and I have no control at all. Tim, he says I have no legal recourse. Is he right?”I said, “Karen, you might, somewhere, find a lawyer who will take the case -- I don’t know. But to keep your expenses down, you’d probably want to examine what the phrase “hold harmless” means. It might change your views.”“Now, Karen, to more important topics, I asked Vicki. Far from insensible to the compliment that was being paid to her, Sophie had sipped tea and grown more sad with every timid word. After Stephens had bowed a confused Roger from the room, Sophie had sat alone in the darkening parlour. When night began to draw in, one of the braver maids tried to creep in to lay a fire in the cold hearth, only to be ordered sharply out. It was deep in that shadow-soaked vigil when Sophie had first understood the bittersweet truth. Her soul was not her own but. " Thank you, kind sir." She put out a hand. I took it." My pleasure." Diana turned and took a step."Bye." And she was gone.Well, I thought, that wasn't too awkward. I'd have to get that mobile and use it.I walked back to the hotel and told the bloke downstairs that I'd be leaving in the morning. "Checkout's noon," he muttered. He made a note in his registry and paid no further attention to me.In the morning I bundled the little I'd taken inside and went down. There was now a woman at the desk..