Just leave."Losing patience, "What do you mean?" Leave until Jeff and I get out of here." OK. I'll go out for breakfast. What do you need? An hour? Tw... hours?" I only have an hour now. We'll have to come back another day for whatever we forget." Fair enough. I'll be out in ten minutes." Don't even say goodbye to Jeff. Just go. 24 LIMP WIMP "Jeff, did you hear the talk about Fred's dad hitting on kids."Jeff does some quick thinking, "No, Alex. Who did he beat up?" Dah. Not beat. Making the. Someone else noticed that Michael was no longer afraid of girls too,and he was not pleased in the slightest. Billy had gone back towatching Michael in the hope that his trickery was still working. Whenit was becoming clear that it wasn't, he decided to remind Michael. Buthe didn't.Though Mr Connor was waiting to speak to John first, he had told theteachers to keep an eye on Billy, especially if he was seen close toMichael Brook. One of the teachers on duty had noticed him and was nowapproaching. But even more, it seemed that even the plants, the trees on the fenceline, the farm animals all seemed to glow with a steady energy of life and purpose.I wished we could stay here together, me and you... I sighed “Me too - this place is beautiful.”“Huh?” Anita asked.“You said ‘I wished we could stay here together’, and I said ‘me too’” I replied.“Um, no I didn’t,” she replied. “I didn’t say anything, I was just thinking that ... is this another one of your ‘gifts’?”“Oh” I said. “Um, maybe? It’s. WE LEFT THE PUB AT 11PM WITH A INVITE TO COFFEE AT PETERS NEW HOUSE IN CRAMLINGTON NOT FAR FROM OUR HOME IN DELAVAL AS I WAS DRIVING I WAS ON PEPSI ALL NIGHT BUT LORRAINE PETER AND ANOTHER OLD PAL ,WELL NOT REALLY OLD 28 YR OLD KARL, WERE PISSED AND AS MY WIFE WANTED TO SEE PETERS HOUSE I RELUCTANTLY AGREED, I SAY RELUCTANTLY COS PETER WAS GETTING BOSSY WITH ME I HAD ALREADY WARNED HIM BUT HE WAS STILL HINTING FOR ME TO LEAVE LORRAINE WITH HIM AND KARL SAYING HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF HER ,.