Now, you’re all presumably in a bit of shock, to put it mildly, to find yourselves now in a strange place with strangers, but it is a temporary lodg...ng until we can find nicer ones for all of us. All of us including my wife and daughters when they arrive, too. It’s gonna be a bit ... crowded in here until moving time, of course,” I informed the new residents of this flat as they tried to settle in a bit.“We have places to live in, you know,” Esme Bianco observed.“Yes, and perhaps we’ll move. The .45 jumped in my hand as I squeezed off each round but it got the result I wanted. The pickup came to a braking screech about ten yards from my car. The men jumped out immediately. Fearing for my life, I squeezed off three more rounds, aiming at the front of the pickup. “U.S. Marshals!” I yelled out. “Don’t make a move or I’ll blow everyone of you away!” “Don’t push your luck, Boys!” I added, trying to speak calmly. “I ain’t killed nobody today and I got a quota to make!” “Boy, that was a. Oh god, she thought. Don’t allow him to be taller than Bass. Nikki came running at them and the twins grabbed her, getting in first. But Nikki managed a hi mom and dad before being smothered. Elam stepped clear and the engines roared and the aircraft moved off. Barbara and Nikki kissed and hugged excitedly and Nikki said, ‘The pilot is Elam’s brother Ned. He has to get back to Sydney to prepare for an executive charter. Here’s my Elam.’ ‘Hi Mrs Thompson. I can see where Nikki gets her great. But I hoped that Doug was already in bed and sound asleep.I made my unsteady way slowly across the deserted street, dreading the look I was going to see in my husband’s eyes when I got home.Doug must have been sitting in the living room in the dark for hours, watching through the window for my return. He was waiting for me with the front door open when I all but staggered across the street and up my front steps.He tried to take me into his arms and comfort me but I pushed him away. I turned my.