Tom's heart ached for her, but he made himself carry on with the tea. "Do you want to talk about it? I might be Lisa's horrible brother, but maybe I c...n help."Liberty smiled properly. "You're not horrible. You're the loveliest man I know. It's nothing, really. I just..." Her perfectly rounded chest hitched and Tom passed her a tissue. "My boyfriend's dumped me."Tom put a steaming cup of tea with sugar in front of her, and leaned on the other side of the bar with his coffee. "Lisa mentioned this. ‘It was much too cosy together on the way down and everyone complained about it,’ said Crystal. ‘Especially Thelma. So, we’ve hired a car to share the load. The rest have gone ahead so they get a chance to settle into Boston and maybe see the sights.’ ‘What type of car did you get?’ ‘It’s some kind of Chevrolet,’ said Jenny. ‘They call it a compact over here, but it’s plenty big enough for us and our gear. I’ll do the driving. It should be a cinch what with all American cars being automatic.’. ‘No, well…this is going to sound really depressing, but you can see it had a happy ending. After Serène dumped me, I ended up spending most of my time cooped up at home. I didn’t want to go out much because I might run into her with her new man, you know, and besides I was out of a job and didn’t have any money to spend anyway. On top of all that, the weather turned really nasty around then, cold and rainy and dark all the time. And I needed an escape, and more money.’ ‘So you turned to. .?” He was looking at Simone - a slender young girl who was bent over between two adults of course.“Yes I’m fine, thanks,” Simone looked up, understanding what he was asking, “thanks for checking...”The young couple still didn’t go.“Sorry are we in your place?” asked Lisa.“No, not really...” answered the girl, unconvincingly. She was very sexy. About five feet four perhaps, with a strong-looking little body, hazel eyes and slightly wavy brown hair a few inches down her back. She looked turned.