Jack had a quiet bachelor night. Teresa called and checked on Lisa, but that was between her classes. Otherwise, he simply watched some television and...went through his mail. Lisa appeared about eleven, wearing a terry cloth robe and rubbing her eyes. “Jack ... Lord ... what happened?”Jack looked at her, rolling his eyes. “You collapsed at the office. Do you remember that?”She gave him a confused look. “I collapsed?”Jack pointed at the couch and she sat down. “You worked yourself unconscious.. Frances checked that all was well in the kitchen and took me through to introduce me to the other guests. Teddy was the head of a small, discreet and very prosperous, merchant bank whereas Thomas owned an engineering firm. It was their wives however that gave me the surprise. Ingrid in a white cocktail dress and white leather boots was the finance director of our firm and the other wife was Stefany, the solicitor that Rodney had recommended. Stefany this time instead of a dark business suit was. As the girls watched, people arrived on the Hythe Quay to board Hydrogen. Alison disappeared below, reappearing with their guitars, a ring-bound book and some sheets of paper. Handing Chrissie her guitar, Alison opened the book, found the page she wanted, placed it on the cockpit seat beside her and strummed a chord."O, heave away, me bully boys," she sang,"Leave her, Johnny, leave her!Oh, pump away and make some noise, Time for us to leave her!" Allie!" Chrissie interrupted her. "Please let me. Once inside her office, I scooped up the diaries and the personal papers she wanted me to secure for her. I guess she was not too confidant that they would remain confidential if they stayed open for snooping inside her office. I was just getting ready to leave then the queen bitch editor at large came in and slapped my backside as I was bending over getting Miranda's hair dryer from her bottom drawer."Miranda, my little kitty, have you been hiding on mama, you bad girl?"Since it was obvious my.