Fast?” said Eve, still catching her breath.“Training. Discipline. Natural aptitude. Plus I’m just plain better than you at everything”, I said...“Fuck you”, she said, with more frustration than anger.“You wish. First you’d have to catch me though, and it looks like that’s not happening”, I said, not bothering to hide my amusement.“Fiona? I want an apology for Saturday.” She still was breathing hard, but she could speak normally.“Do you, now?”“Come on, I didn’t make your precious Amanda drink that. " No I'm in North London, I lied." she admitted."So am I," I agreed."I hoped you were, I recognised the pub from the photo on your profile." Yeah, I live just down the street from the Three Compasses, but I really do need to get to sleep." Sorry but I need help, my phone credit is running down, please help me, please come to" and she gave her address."Two O'clock tomorrow, O.K" Noooo now please, I'm begging, the key is under the flower pot and Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."We were cut off.I hung the. Perhaps you should not go there.”“I will go. Give me a drink from your bottle. Zeke, you return with him. I will see you in the morning.”“Will you be safe?”“I will be what I will be. I could have been bitten by a spider or a snake, by a croc or a parentie. The sky might fall. I expect to see you in the morning.”Jos took a drink and turned toward the cliff, walking along a faint path.Zeke and the guide watched for a few minutes, then turned to walk away.The night had been very strange. Jos had. Duke had been praising Tommy to high heaven, and I wanted to see how he handled himself in this situation. We were letting him in on the inside of our family business. If he was as good as Duke said, then he could be an important man in our future. Mom, Jurgen, Shelly, Duke, Shannon and Tommy all sat down with me in the living room just after seven that evening. Mom had baked a nice big chocolate cake and made sure everyone got a piece before we started the meeting. I had already told Mom and.