And the cabbie obliges andwe make to the restaurant in under 20 minutes. I slip the driver a $20from my purse and we walk into the restaurant.Walking...in with my head held high and my shoulders back I stride right upto the hostess stand. I wait for a moment before a hostess comes up,"How many tonight ladies, just the two of you?" Yes," I say, "and if possible could we be sat Katie Fahey's section?" I don't see it being a problem. Let me check and see what's available,"the hostess replies and. "Her guilty look confirmed it."First of all, I don't hate you," she said, "I love you dearly."What you remember was a long time ago. I was hoping that was one of a few things you would never remember. We got past my bitchy phase."We actually became good friends and we share an apartment." So you are my girlfriend," I said."No, but I used to be," she said. "We got past that phase, too. Now we're more like brother and sister. To answer your first question, I refused to leave your side for two. "I don't wanna talk to you," she snapped as I entered the bedroom."Tracy, I need to apologize," I said, sitting down on the bed beside her."What the hell, Connor?! You spend a month and a half fucking Ria whenever you feel like it, and now all of a sudden you're jealous that I even suggest the possibility of us spending Valentine's day apart? I didn't say anything wrong. I was just asking a question that needed to be asked." I know! And I shouldn't have gotten jealous, but I did. There's this. By now, one could feel the vibrations of the bombs through the floor, while the crystal chandeliers swayed and rattled over our heads.In the meantime, the basement room had filled with other guests and servants, who were evacuated from higher floors. They were dressed in various guises of bedroom or lounge wear, all carrying their regulation gas masks. They were joined by the band from the ballroom upstairs, carrying their instruments.I spotted Milly in her nightwear and dressing gown among the.