Then I bent and kissed her gently. She kissed me back eagerly and held on, trembling."What going to happen?" she whispered while my curious hands slid...down to cup her breasts. She shrugged me away and pulled her cape tightly around her."Well if there were ten, there are now five, maybe more though, and they are cold and unhappy, but they are also vengeful, blood mad. I think late tonight or more likely early tomorrow they'll make a try. Oh oh." My heart jumped up in my throat.The sound of. Everyone seems to have been going into Brum that day. I wandered over to the station, and checked out my train times. I was in no particular hurry, and after studying and writing down the details, I returned to my car. As I started the engine I was aware of a car pulling in beside me, and I allowed the vehicle to come to a stop, before I engaged reverse gear. Just as I was about to let out the clutch, there was an enormous crunch, as the driver opened the door and battered the side of my. Would it? As I walked over to the bar Holly barely even noticed me, it was clear that she had been knocking back the drinks. A large pile of those crappy plastic cups they serve your drinks in on holiday decorated the bar and the smell of rum and Coke lingered on her lips and she finally spotted me and gave me a kiss. The guy was married and had arrived earlier in the week, his wife had gotten tired and gone to bed a little early, leaving him free to have a few drinks and maybe find a nice. As soon as Mama got sick last year, Uncle Alfred bundled me off to a boarding school. I've been a resident of Mrs. Slapsbum's School for Young Ladies now for nearly a year. Nearly all of the girls get to go home during the end-of-year holidays, but Uncle made it quite clear that he did not care to have my company so I'm imprisoned here with no chance of reprieve. Fortunately, I am not completely alone.Penelope, Penny to me and her other good friends, is my very best and closest friend in the.