I could see that Jim was imagining her taking off her sticky gym outfit and running her soft white body under the hot water.Suddenly the lights went o...f. For a while, the only sounds were the running water and some small echoes as Ana washed her body.Then she cried out I should check outside what was happening with the energy; she was now having a shower in the darkness…I told Jim to wait there and went outside to check what was wrong. Ten minutes later I came back. The entire block was in. She turned her head defiantly away from the coarse spectacle- -one that she had been told by Max to "supervise" and battled with herself to control the jealousy and hurt that she felt damming up within her. Even though Max had fully assured her yesterday that her position with him was secure, she could not control the unsettling, nagging doubts about the stability of their relationship. Certain questions she could not answer were running rampant through her mind. Just what did this girl have. Which meant they could do something. ‘What about your family?’ ‘I sent them away. Soon after you left. I had a feeling that things would get, well, complicated.’ Emma laughed and nodded, ‘That might be an understatement, but I still have the disk, as well as some muscle on my side.’ Turning to the group, she felt strangely awkward as her gaze met Liam’s. ‘So now that we’re all together, what’s the next step?’ **** Simon looked just like a researcher should and Emma rushed to embrace him. He. " All the way into Manhattan I gazed out the window at mile after mile of sprawling suburb. It reminded me of the dreaded Memphis to which I'd be forced to return in what seemed a short, inadequate time. The landscape didn't change until we approached Queens, which began to look more like a big city. Along the way, the two women chatted on and on, constantly changing the subject, sometimes arguing mildly. But it was clear from their manner that they were good, close friends. And I wondered what.