Sadly, logic and merit rarely bear any relationto real-world success.He and his colleagues traveled from city to city, countryto country, indulging hi... whims, his appetites, and hisvast intellect. Some times he and his companions would takeon new identities and aid the helpless. At others, theywrecked havoc amidst the lucky and the well-to-do. If thecircle of "friends" possessed any unifying trait, it wastheir love of confounding those for whom fortune had dancedthem an easy path.It was this. The flush in her cheeks took on a new tone as shocked embarrassment slowly turned into desire. Phillip watched her closely as the emotions shifted like desert sands across her face to finally settle on what was clearly attraction. He felt himself stirring. He stepped inside and gently closed the door behind him. Then facing her once more, he lifted one brow in question before leaning in to capture her lips. The kiss started out quiet, questioning. But as her scent teased his nostrils, sweet. These men specialized in taking down places like this and they knew that breathing the air in a house where crack was being cooked could fuck you up for life. Their intelligence hadn't turned up any information that this place was anything other than an abandoned building, where they'd find fifteen or twenty wretches inhaling the fumes of burning crack cocaine. Cooking meant volatile chemicals, and it wasn't at all unusual for a crack kitchen to blow up spectacularly, as some addict's addled. "I guessed the treatment works had failed before the pumps stopped and contaminated water had got into the water mains.Emma also told us about the troubles in the inner city areas and this backed up Kelly's stories. I asked if she met anyone as she left Leeds and she said, "Not a soul." My own opinion was that there had been a massive number of deaths in the cities but I said nothing.Emma then walked back to York and arrived at Graham and Joan's house, tired and hungry. She found Harry's note,.