.''I do!''No you don't, I want to reform the band too, so...''After I explain, you may change your mind,' I said soberly.'Oh.''I'd like to tell you al... at once. Can you come across toNotting Hill tonight? If you've got nothing on of course...''I'll cancel it. Give me the address.''Can I speak to Mandy Macklin, please?''Speaking.''Hello Mandy, this is Liz...''Liz Grey? It is you, isn't it?''Yes,' I said softly, 'it is.''Are you ok, are you healthy now?'I felt warm at the concern in her voice.. “SIT THE FUCK DOWN WHILE YOU CAN!” he ordered. “What do you mean by ‘while you can’?” I asked. “You’ll see,” he said with a sinister grin. I clutched my hands and looked down at the oval glass coffee table as he took a chair from the kitchen and placed in the center of the room. “Uh oh,” I thought to myself. He sat on the chair and looked at me. His eyes were cold-merciless. “Take those fuckin’ rags off and get over here- right now!” he said in a calm voice. “This is some kind of joke,. "The Captain ordered you to come see him."I froze and turned back to him."That's what the Captain said!" he rushed out."In that case, the girl can wait," I said. "Where is the Captain?"He nodded towards an ambulance. I gestured for him to walk ahead and wondered how many people would witness the heavy-handed treatment the Director expected when someone gave orders to an Operative. It was necessary, but I wished people who did not understand the limits of their power would make it unnecessary. Everything was just as neat as I had hoped it would be. There was a guy who would come up once in a week to clear the yard, and once in a month to clean the house. Vicky, my youngest daughter, pranced around happily in her t-shirt and shorts. Young and exuberant, she was always the exhibitionist of the three - and she had the body that could justify the wild streak! Somehow, her sisters had kept her quiet, but after they had moved out, Vicky just became more daring. Maybe it was just that I was.