” The voice came from a nearby house, where a masked archer was perched atop the roof. He had nocked another arrow, and it was aimed at Noah.“Wow,...good call,” said Holmes, slowly reaching for his sword.“I’m not paid to kill you, knight, but I will if you don’t do as I say,” the archer warned.“Relax, he’s not going to shoot,” said Noah.“How can you be so sure?” Holmes asked.“Well he’ll want to, but he’s not going to succeed.” The next moment, the archer yelped in shock as his bowstring suddenly. I did other stuff too. She lay back down, closing her eyes, leaving me in awe.Then my thoughts found a voice. ‘To think you’ve done all that, while all I managed was getting pregnant and become a mum on social.’Lorraine had sat up then to face me and spelt out the logic of it all.‘Get Jez into modelling Val! She’ll love it and it’ll get her away from Dan! Why you could even take off abroad with Dan when she’s busy earning her keep! ‘I was fascinated, “ But how would she get started. They make some more kids. They’d overfill that damn house with so many mouths they’d need a bigger house. She sank down on the bed and wept. It sounded good. Maybe too good, but he had to come. Would he come? God she hoped so. Of course he’d come. He just had to! Meantime she had Peter and Little Sorrel to worry about. Were they OK? She hoped so. She got off her ass and plopped her knees on the floor. She needed to pray. ———— After the meeting with Florence and Warren where they agreed to. This time she was making me of her teasing strangers but it started to get cloudy and rain and she was the only woman on the beach filled with random men who did notice that she was alone. Once it started to rain she decided not to leave the beach but instead seek shelter under the life guard booth. As big as the beach is it seemed like every single guy that didnt leave also made their way toward where Heather was hiding from the rain. Sure they could have just used any other life guard booth.