”“Stop it,” she cried between sobs, “why are you being so horrible to me, l only wanted to talk to you to see what we can do if l am pregnant....��“Well l can’t marry you,” l replied, “the best thing you can do is to go to the dance tomorrow and let one of the lads take you out the back and fuck you, then, if you are pregnant you can marry him, isn’t there anyone there that fancies you.”“Yes but they’re all stupid wasters, the only decent fella there will be John Perkins but he’s that shy he can’t. .." Hi," he replied thickly. "Yeah... but she said you worked until eleven."He was drinking, and by the sound of his voice, rather heavily, Susan decided. She said: "I do ordinarily, but I'm not going to work in the dining- room anymore. I start in the casino tomorrow night, Jamey... dancing."There was a moment of silence, then, he said: "Y-You what? Did I hear you right, Susan?" Yes... I'm sure you did, Jamey. I'm going to dance in the Diamond Dell casino," she said evenly."You... you mean. “It’s a great charity, does a lot of good work for a lot of people. They help the homeless, the unemployed, disadvantaged kids, loads of people!” said a man with curly chestnut hair. His two friends looked at one another and smiled. “Well in that case,” one of them with blonde hair and a nose piercing said. “We’ll have to make a donation. If it’s for a good cause, then we should.” The three men reached into their pockets and each pulled out a fiver. Then they all walked behind Noah.“J-Jacob?”. Is that okay?” Looking a bit concerned, he hugged me tighter and said, “Absolutely, what do you need to know?” “Well,” I started with a rush, “I hate to ask this but, I have to. Do you have anything that I might need to know about? Like HIV or Herpes or Hepatitis or anything?” I could hear a laugh from him as he smiled and kissed me softly, “I was worried there for a minute. No I don’t have anything like that. I have always been a bit of a safety freak and I am betting you are the same… right?”.