"Mary, snap out of it, what's wrong?"She opened her eyes and reached for me. "He's dead Thomas, he's dead."We drove back immediately from Glasgow, and...I took her straight home to find everyone still there. Her brother in law told her that her husband had left work early complaining of feeling unwell, but hadn't even got as far as his car, he'd collapsed in the car park with a massive heart attack and was confirmed dead at the scene. I phoned home and told my parents I was back but that I would. Hovering at the edge of my mind this fleeting thought, and then the choice is made and I surrender myself. As I slide down deeply into the void, the world softly slips away from me and my mind begins to spin. The feeling is akin to slipping down into a pool. But not any pool, in this pool, each drop is pure dreamy pleasure. I can feel the liquid tendrils curl through my mind, down my spine, and somehow making it almost impossible to stand. I am glad of your arms supporting me. A momentary. Please be advised that this is a courtesy notice and we do not have mutual agreement by treaties in effect with regards to control of machines in flight, but we will comply with your local traffic laws. Our speed is now ... twenty two hundred miles per hour and we will be subsonic in ten seconds, mark. Please direct lower level traffic over the Detroit river to clear the approach corridor to Belle Isle, over." Detroit 2015, if this is a joke, I'll have your pilot's license. Detroit Metro,. . and I thought he was talking to you."Oh my god, that bastard was talking to one of his girlfriends from home and his teenage son had overheard him?How had this turned him toward me though? "Keep going Rob, its OK honey I know about your father." Of course he knew about his father - I think all my kids know about his many, and frequent, girlfriends - but it was an unspoken secret in our house.Rob lifted his head but still would not meet my eyes as he continued, "He was talking about tying her.