Taking Sally's car, they headed to the register office. Once inside,they headed to the counter where Julia and Carol had been before."We've come to bo...k a double civil ceremony," said Carol.The woman at the counter looked at them and took a book from beneath thecounter, plus some application forms."You've brought all the necessary documents?" she asked."We have," said Carol. "Plus payments."They had to fill two application forms: one per couple. The woman wentabout looking at their. ’ ‘Benni,’ croaked Barron, spitting out some blood. ‘The bastard had a knuckleduster.’ ‘Who?’ ‘Get them away.’ Benni asked the medic who’d spoken to him to move the people back a bit. They moved but if anything the cops moved in closer. Benni leaned over Barron. ‘Her husband, Benni. Broke through the rear entry – the alarms were switched off of course. Said he’d become suspicious of her and was having her tailed. He’d come to warn me off. The fucking Chief of Police did this to me Benni, I. The truth of the matter was that heworked in a pit in a small mining community that was supported bysubsidies, and hadn't an economic leg to stand on. This was concealedfrom all by astute Trade Union shenanigans, until one day all wasrevealed and the pit closed. Mythology has it that the pit was closedand the community torn apart by prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, butin truth, the previous Labour Government had effectively killed it andit was waiting for the coup de grace to put it out of its. I grinned when I passed Barb's unmade bed and saw the massager half covered by the sheets. She is one naughty lady and I love her to pieces. We spent a long time in the shower soaping each other, talking and just being naked together. It was a very liberating and thrilling experience. Ping apologized for not being able to stay the rest of the weekend. She had to pack and catch a flight back to China. Barb was going to join her on Monday along with the other clients who had other plans the night.