As the picture played out the lights from the camera over our heads, would go from being quite bright to various shades of darkness. We were sitting s... close I felt her press her thigh against mine, then her hand crept under our coats to find my hand and hold it. I glanced at her out of the corner of my eyes and in the flickering lights from the projector, saw she was looking at me and smiling. I didn't react just looked ahead at the screen, and felt her squeeze my hand and caress the back of. It was a risk, but one that she knew Laurenneeded to make for the real Lauren's future.When exactly did Dan start caring about Lauren's future she wondered?This had all been about revenge for what she had done to him, but now hewas making decisions to help her and give her a good future. This wasn'tthe plan! Her inner thoughts were interrupted by a gentle kiss on herlips as they danced. She tried not to recoil from his kiss, even thoughthe thought of kissing another man revolted her. It was. The stage is round and in the centre of the room. Members sit around it applauding politely as the room dims to the point where nothing and no one is visible outside the stage area.All three of The Satinettes are fully dressed – the woman in a long black satin coat and the men in evening suits. They stand facing each other and the woman introduces herself as Sandi and the two men as Alexis and Uri. She turns her back to her helpers and tells them to take off her coat. They each take a shoulder. Rachel’s stomach lurched and she brought a reflexive hand to her mouth as she choked back a stabbing wave of nausea. She couldn’t let that happen. It was becoming clear what Jeff was playing at and what he wanted and all bargaining power seemed to be rushing from her fingers like grains of sand. But she gave one final pushback. ‘Jeff, you can’t! Why would-? You’re in the picture, too! Did you forget that? You think once Jessie sees that she might be able to figure out that-? Jeff cut her off.