"And if you don't ask her, I guarantee you she's out there trying tothink of some way that she can ask you right now. So just ask her and getit over w...th."Derek flipped the counter up to walk out and reached for a mug of the teathat Jenny liked to drink. "Ok, I'll do it now." Good I'm glad that's finally decided," Mindy said."So Derek," he said as Derek started to walk to the door. "Can I be yourbest man?" Oh come on Mindy," Derek said reaching around for a towel that wasn'tthere to throw at. “Is David flying at the moment?”“Yes, he’s just left for two weeks. He’s flying to London and Frankfurt,” Maria replied.“How glamorous! I wish Tory was a sexy pilot – or even a horny flight attendant! We could join the mile high club…”“OK you lot, time to go. I’ve got to get my beauty sleep too,” I said, smiling. I bid the girls good night and closed the door behind them, ready to finish off the till and lock up. I checked the windows, doors, set the alarm and locked the door. “God,” I thought,. So you’re a life model?’ ‘Not really.’ ‘One of his students?’ Shelley shook her head. ‘But you’re studying art?’ ‘I work in a sandwich shop,’ she said. ‘A sandwich shop.’ ‘Crumbs. In Baker Street.’ Crumbs. Was that one of Jack Harrison’s establishments? ‘That’s up near the station, isn’t it?’ ‘Sort of. Almost.’ ‘Interesting. So, do you model for other artists?’ It occurred to me that perhaps that was why she looked vaguely familiar. ‘Just for Edward,’ she said. ‘Well … I used to. Not now of. I shook my head, discarding the thought as a group of dolphins leapt in the bay, sunlight glittering off their skin like tiny diamonds a smile stretching my lips. The boat horn sounded and I knew felt a tiny jolt beneath my feet as the ship pulled away from the dock, water slapping against the massive hull to sounds of people cheering, ‘Bon voyage!’ We stood there watching until the land was just a dark smudge on the horizon anyone spoke a word, a wonderful hush seemed to have settled over the.