" Recognising the voice I look across and see the uber sex-bomb Carol Vorderman standing besides me, her breast almost spilling out and over her dres..., her beautiful brunette hair corkscrewing down her back and over her shoulders. Her shoulder are bare as as rests her chin on it eyeing me up and down. "but the ceremony finished and we weren't ready to finish partying!" she said as she took the Champagne back to her table not before winking at me and giving me a huge smile. In the mirror I ould. We got out of the shower and dried off and since it was just us, we didn't bother getting dressed as we went down to throw together some breakfast. We did eventually get dressed and started working on moving Grace and Janet's belongings into what was then 'our' house. Kim and Susie helped us and we managed to get it all done in one day. We set up Janet's clothes in one of the bedrooms for appearances sake but she slept from then on in the king-sized bed in the master bedroom with Grace and. She lookedat me with disgust on her face."How do you feel?" Brenda asked with concern."I'll live," I said. "I'm sorry I lied to you guys, I didn't know how totell anyone the truth." Well, the cat's out of the bag now, Princess," Brenda said."Oh my god, are you all right?" my mom screamed as she ran to me.Gloria, Patricia and the others were just behind her."I'm okay, Mom," I said. "I ran into Nick and then things got out ofhand. Everyone knows about Gary now." So you punched him?" my mom. Do you dream about me?’ * * * I lay still. An enveloping darkness fastened shut the lids of my eyes, heavy with the black of pre-dawn. Something had stirred me. I lay listening, straining to hear a sound. Nothing. Not a whisper in the trees. Not the mice in the attic. It was the silence of a tomb. Can you imagine that silence? A quiet so complete that your ears bleed from the strain of listening… and your head aches from trying to recall the sound of her voice… and then she whispers. Did she.