Hiding what I felt I cheerfully told him that that was a perfect solution to both our dilemmas. I watched in frustration as he called Mona, then got d...essed and left.By the time Tom got home, which was a lot later than I thought it would be, I had brought my new diary up to date. I had of course had to include the day at Paula's place. She had called me up and told me to be at her apartment at ten the following morning and not to bother about what I wore. When I arrived at the apartment she had. .. err... please... I'll wait... just treat her with respect."The Africans ignored him. The door opened and African waiters bustled in carrying hot plates and fish soup, and David Burton edged out of the room.He was embarrassed, as well as confused. He found a quite spot on the lobby and settled down with a book he had brought with him. From there he could see the door to the room they were eating.A waiter hovered and looked at him quizzically. David looked up and was about tom order a pot of. Before the bombs, this would have been a pleasant suburb. But five years after the mists had changed that. Massive trees and vines grew across the ground; into houses and into chimneys. You can hear the chitter of carnivorous monkeys above, but you can’t be fucked with them right now. The cat is after you again.You skid left toward a house; ignoring the front door blocked by a thick root and instead slam against the tall fence door.Bang. Nothing. Locked. Shit.You scramble to your hip for your. I thrust with my sword, stabbing through the beasts chest. It fell to the ground, transforming into a black-skinned woman, blood gushing from between her breasts as she died.Thrak bellowed and rushed past me. He punched a barguest in the head. Bones snapped as the beast fell limp to the ground. The orc stepped up beside me, his swarthy body smeared in blood. I hoped it wasn't his.“Faoril?” I asked.“Badly wounded. With Sophia.”I threw a look over my shoulder. Sophia knelt on the ground beside.