She shoved Lacey back against the wall and held her there by her shoulders.God she is strong! Thought Lacey.'I will show you who is too vanilla, stupi... slut.' Hissed Elaine in Lacey's ear. 'We used to have amazing sex until he opened this god forsaking bar. It was always so exciting.''Yeh right.' Lacey laughed. 'If that was the case then why has he been fucking so many of his staff? You couldn't handle how he likes it. You're too prim and proper for his sexual needs. You have no fucking idea. There always seemed to be a few extra windowshoppers strolling Front Street, workers taking long-lunches or leavingwork early to get a start on the summer weekend, visitors passing throughfrom nearby towns. There was something a little more festive in theatmosphere on a summer Friday than any other day of the week, a sense ofexcited anticipation that was irresistible, even if the weekend neverquite lived up to its imagined promise.Sunlight on the windows, that's what it looked like at first,. “Firstly, Elijah, you are still a member of the Relocation Bureau. You may eventually retire from the army, but you will remain a member of the Box Office until I say so. Secondly, you are not the one to box Byron but the necessary accessory of Captain Keane, who will. Thirdly, Byron was behind the plot to blackmail Castlereagh, by fooling him in to consorting with a Molly, who Castlereagh thought was a she.”His expression softened. “I was unaware you were affianced, Elijah, and it pains me to. At least I think so. So unless there's unanimous agreement otherwise, we'll dispense with our glib conversation at the door and while having a cocktail and even with the part where we tore our clothes off rushing into her bedroom."My good luck!" I countered, and trapped her hand where it was with my own so she couldn't remove it, or stop what she was doing."And it turns out it was only cigarettes and whiskey," she smiled.As time went on I learned that she didn't do things like that, grabbing me.