He showed no interest in you though.’ ‘I’m he didn’t,’ Helen laughed. ‘I’m a married woman. He was gob smacked by your portrait darling....�� How the hell did her mom know that? She hadn’t been paying attention, had she? ‘You see people in galleries who know what they are about looking at paintings like Hugo did.’ ‘Well that was kind of him. He doesn’t know I exist or could have a flicker of interest in him.’ ‘Is that so? Then why did he ask Heather where you worked and then ask her for the address. They introduce themselves; this is Megs, Tom’s wife and point to the guy in the front seat. Oh, I thought you guys were together, hell no, we here to share otherwise we would have stayed at home. This is Tom’s wife Sue and I’m Jim. They all get out of the car and we get chatting. We were just getting started. We love to swop partners and watch as they play in the nick. So how it works, Tom says. You can watch us do our thing or you can join in if invited only. Tom looks at Kate’s tight pants,. ” He nodded a few drops of blood rolling down his cheeks from his eyes. “Yes, please. Take me instead. Let her live.” The sorcerer laughed and turned to signal to the devils. Another human was brought into the dungeon room. Her hands were bound and her obsidian eyes vacant as she docilely followed a blue devil. Black curls fell in a gleam of gloss down her back, and her belly was swollen. The girl was very pregnant. Next to him, the Red with the crown of horns roared in rage. His body burst. Trouble was I couldn’t hear her.Another face appeared, and then a third. I knew them both. Greg, our assistant producer, and Steve, the AI programmer, looked at me then glanced at each other with concern written all over their faces.The world began to blur and fade away then. I fought to remain awake. I fought to keep my eyes focused on Helen, but I lost the fight in the end.Next, I looked up into the eyes of someone I didn’t know with my chest on fire. As the world faded back to black, I.