We walked towards my first class and said, See you later, and she headed off to her own class. When my first class finished Scott met me outside my c...ass. He didnt say anything and just took my hand and walked me down the hall till we got to a janitors closet. He unlocked the door and we went in. Scott I have class, I whined. He just put his finger up to my lips and said, Shhhhhhh He then started pulling at my clothes. Scott, nooooo, you broke up with me, Im not even your girlfriend. Yes. .. we came beyond the law. My uncle was with me, and my aunt, they were all of my family that was left after the war ended. The big war, you understand, the Hitler war." He paused."World War Two," I put in."Yes. My uncle, you see, was a Nazi. It is not that he believed as they did, not in all things. Perhaps at first, some, I do not know, I was too young. But he was a member of the Party, to live in Germany in that time one had to be in the Party, there was no other way. So they would not allow. Umm, no we haven't met (oryou wouldn't think so anyway, she thought) ... How do I know him? Umm,sort of from work ... No, I don't work at the office ... Oh, thank youso much, that's fantastic! I really appreciate it. I'll see you tomorrowthen. Ten o'clock."That seemed a strange sort of phone call Mandy thought. Cynthia hadalways seemed much friendlier than that on the occasions they had met.Now what to do about "Derek" not coming in today. She decided she neededto talk to Emma for advice. She. Cecily and Dove took it the hardest. Cecily tried to be stoic about it, but tears welled in her eyes in response to the news. That night Ben lay with both Cecily and Dove, making love to each of them one last time.“Woolgathering, Ben?”The familiar voice yanked Ben’s mind back to the present causing his head to snap up in response to the voice and the question. He blinked a couple of times as he rapidly remembered where he was, and what he was doing there. As his mind cleared, Ben’s face began.