.I?ll get back to you soon," Alana said."We will be chasing this up if you don?t," Sophie retorted, beforesighing as she left the office. Sophie took ...everal deep breaths to calmherself as she strode through the concourse of the vast airport, beforefinally letting out a loud sigh as she was greeted by her French friend."Is it done?" Amelie asked."Yep," Sophie replied. "If it hasn?t hit the fan, it?s definitely on itsway to it, heh." If, hits- fan?" Amelie asked, wrinkling her nose in. I just did not want her to know. Period. I wasn't so sure there was not a leak somewhere in her organization. I would just depend on the people I was working with to keep things under control. They were the ultimate professionals. Chances are "Victoria's people" would not even know they were there.When I got home, I discovered a message on the answering machine from Victoria saying she would be home this weekend. Good. It was going to be a special time, because it was our birthday.Yes, our. " her protests faded as Jeff continued down the hallway, then turned into her bedroom."Shall we go watch?" Laura said, grinning at Diana.Diana took a cigarette out, then tossed the pack to Laura. "No, let's wait a few minutes. She's probably too shy for that right now. We'll be able to hear when she's ready," Diana laughed.Laura pushed her shoes off, propped her feet on the coffee table, and picked up the remote. "Well, maybe we'll have time to catch the weather before Jeff has her naked and. One too many and I’m regretting something the next morning. The men emerged from their hole, smelling like liquor and cigars, to resupply their snack stashes. One of wives, now precariously teetering on the edge of “one too many,” started complaining that the men always played cards and left the women out of the fun and games. She was challenging the status quo. All she needed was an ally and the avalanche of solidarity would soon follow. So it came. Now we were downstairs in the man cave,.