After a hurried breakfast with Trudy, Helen caught the bus to the campus. Her first class was World History, one of the few classes she shared with Da...ny and Ashley. Sure enough, Ashley was already sitting in her usual spot by the windows and Helen joined her.“Hey, you!” Ashley greeted her with a brief smile.“Hey! How was your weekend?”“So, so. Lynn had a meet over the weekend and didn’t return until yesterday evening. Danny and I took Larissa for a walk. Exciting, isn’t it?”Helen had to. Then she broke our kiss, her hand withdrew from my jeans, I did the same and leant back so that I could look at her.“Are you OK?”“Oh God yes, more than OK, I just need a moment. I’ll be right back.”With that she got up from the sofa and quickly left the den. I guessed she was going to the toilet or something like that but I was concerned that we had moved forward too quickly and that she was backing off, that she was a little scared at the emotions we had stirred. It wouldn’t surprise me, after. "Oh! You poor kid!" Charlie said. "I'm cold myself and I've got all this clobber on." I'm just about coping, thanks, Charlie. I'll be able to hang on until the Consul gets here and sorts this out. You have got in touch with the Embassy, I hope?" First thing I did when I heard about all this. Trouble is I only got hold of the Duty Clerk. Bad time of night to be trying to raise any of those desk-bound wallahs. No one in authority expected until nine. That's two more hours before they hear about. But like they say, you learn something new every day. When I stopped and killed the motor I took a deep breath.“Mick, old bud, you OK?”“Yeah man. I guess it’s just starting to sink in. She fucked Roger.”“And the others.”“Yeah, and the others.”“Come on, let’s get my stuff and you can thank Lily.”We got out of my car and Burt retrieved his gear from my trunk. We walked to the front door and rang the bell. When Roger answered the door, we just barged right past him.“Hey what the fuck is this?.