Richard briefed me about you sometime ago. Still this could be quite a burden for anyone, two women and at least two babies, all at the same time,” ...ncle Roger told me.“Yes, it could be,” I admitted. “But we have something like eight months before the babies are born. When the girls are well enough, I’ll take them to my house in the country. I have a housekeeper that will help me with them. She’s an older lady that I helped sometime ago. She has been with me for a while. She’ll understand.. I really believe there is some truth in what she said.”Donna was thinking. What could she do? Take her time and approach Lisa slowly to ask what was going on? She had no time to follow her around. She could ask Ms. Brendan to help her ... But what would that cost her again?“So, I would talk with her, if I were you.”“Yes, I will, thank you.” Donna’s mind was racing through her options; what should se do, what could she do?“And apart from that, Donna, how can we help? You know we are always here. After what felt like ages, Salim’s eyes began to soften as his lips curled into a tiny smile.“You are strange, Mike. I like that. Provided that the rest of the Council is agreeable, I will support you. If what you have said about your willingness to protect potential victims of any uncooperative masters is true, then I believe you to be honorable, and that your values and goals align with ours.” Extending his arm, the two men firmly shook hands, smiling the whole time as the rest of the room. Just as he had with that Danish lass in Morocco. ‘I’ll just leave you, like. I shouldn’t have disturbed you.’ ‘Don’t be silly!’ the woman laughed with some kind of Southern accent. Not a London accent, perhaps, though Paul was no expert in these matters. Maybe Home Counties. ‘I don’t mind. As long as you don’t think I’m a likely catch, if you know what I mean.’ ‘A catch?’ Paul wondered. ‘Well, whatever you youngsters call it these days,’ she said. ‘Look! Sit down. I don’t mind. I’m by myself..