I stood up and began pacing the room wondering what could possibly be happening. I would have gone out and got her but I had no idea what club she was...in. I picked up my phone and tried calling her, there was no answer. I was starting to panic. I tried calling again, but again there was no answer. I threw my phone onto the couch and continued pacing about. I couldn’t believe this was happening. Was she just fucking with me? I asked myself. As much as I wanted it to be true, something told me. He led the way up the, to him familiar, garden path to a sizeable bungalow, all dark surrounded double glazing and white walls. His key opened the front door and before her was a lovely tidy home, that made her flat over a shop look tatty in comparison. He suggested she made tea as the walk to the door had worn him out.While they awaited the kettle he told her she was free to explore, bedrooms and bathroom that way he said, living room and pool that way.Did he say pool, she went to look, it was. But like I said- money, power, and women. It was justanother day.The rest of the afternoon was pretty uneventful. All my meetings weredone for the day, I was just killing time until 5:30 when I would meetCindy in the conference room. Everyone else would be out of there at 5and we would have all the privacy we needed. At 25 past I made my waydown the hall to the conference room, complete with a huge, sturdy tablethat I had implemented quite a few times before. Waiting for me alreadywas Cindy,. The extra strength I now had didn't come out of thin air. Today I was going to be pushing my body pretty hard. I had a pretty good idea where I was in relation to the end of the wilderness run and I would have taken a couple of days to make the trek if I was still doing it with Jimmy. I knew I was faster and had a lot more endurance than either of us had and figured I could make it in a day. Not that I was planning on anybody waiting for me. But all the start and end points had at least a.