There wasn't a livery stable in Lancaster, but Frank had a couple of stalls behind his smithy. I put a horse in each and made sure they had water. I e...en found his tack room and put away my saddle, pad, and bridle.When I entered the store, Mary was waiting on an older man, selling him some tobacco, so I sat down at the table to get a load off my feet. As soon as he left she came over to me and I pulled her down into my lap for a kiss."Did you miss me?" I asked."You know I did. Did you buy a. "I've told you often enough — I really don't fancy you!"Gary pulled a mournful expression. "Shame," he said sadly. "It could have been so much fun."She struggled to hide a smile. He really was incorrigible. "Try asking Rebecca and Lucy," she suggested innocently. "I hear they're into that kinda thing..."Both men looked at her curiously but Louise grabbed her bag and disappeared into the bathroom, locking the door behind her. She spent ages luxuriating in the hot shower, taking her sweet time.. Was it because you fancied her?” A pause. “Well, if it was I rather think you’ve fucked that, don’t you? And if you start doing your malicious, poisonous dyke act behind her back I’ll know and there will only be one loser.” Phone slams and Flick shouts to her then secretary, Lucinda, “Whisky! And make it a fucking big one.” I’d scuttled off feeling more loved than ever before in my life.Back then it was customary for the panel members to meet in a ‘green room’ and be plied with drink. " Do you remember when one of his lieutenants, a werewolf named Claude, was killed during a raid into these territories?"Val nodded. "I remember very well. Claude was trusted by Dred with many things." What you and Dred did not know," Altholos continued, "is that he was not killed immediately. He was captured and taken away to be interrogated. I was the one who did the interrogation. Most of what he told me were lies and falsehoods. The few pieces of truths he gave me were useless, information.