“Don’t sulk, Tommykins. I’ll tell you what, give me 5 minutes. I’ll jump in the shower and then I’ll take you down to Scarlet’s. My shout....What do you say?” “Scarlets?” Tom’s hopeful expression resembled that of an overexcited golden retriever. “Excellent. I challenge you to a ‘chicken wing’ eat off, loser pays!” Paris scampered up the stairs, legs flying as she took them two at a time. She laughed as Tom called out, “And that includes chocolate mousse. That’s covered too, right? And beer,. We didn't see them until the last minute. They had heard us, though, and were ready. Bullets pinged off of our armour. Armour was quickly put in place over the windshields and we started to return fire. I climbed to the machine gun on the roof but used my AK-47 instead. We stopped on a rise for stability and I began to shoot in single shot mode. The girls were shooting from the ports.I called out, "Lauren, head into them."The truck lurched into motion and we pushed over small trees. The AK's. It occurred to me that machines like these were the wave of the future; if I could learn about them, that knowledge could be my ticket to New York.We were sitting on her living room sofa when she finished drawing the charts. She had a manila envelope that contained other charts she had done, and she took out hers and Martha's and placed them with mine on the coffee table before us. "Here's the chart of your birth. Now, let's see..." She looked it over quickly, and muttered wondrously, "God, you. Finally I put on some nice music and once the bath was ready Sarah got in and I poured the drinks. She downed the first glass in seconds and I then refilled it before getting in the bath myself and sat behind her. As she drank her second glass I started to massage her neck and shoulders with the hot soapy water and as Sarah finished her drink she set the empty glass on the side and leant back against me with her back of her head resting on my shoulder. I kissed her neck gently and asked her if.