”“She’s a crazy one, that’s for sure!”“I’m glad you can find a way to have some fun. Is work going OK?”“Yes. The strike only lasted ...or a couple of weeks so it didn’t really impact us much at all. How was your trip to California?”“Good. We found someone to hire in Los Angeles and I met with four customers.”And had a heck of a lot of sex with Kimmy, but I couldn’t exactly share that with Jorge! We made small talk the rest of the way, and then had a wonderful breakfast at Alex’s bistro. After. ." I faded the image of the Sandman in, once more pushing her bed toward the waiting ambulance.Instantly she shrieked and pulled back, hiding behind my leg. "It's him! Jimmy, it's him, the bad man!" Yes, Amy, that's the bad man, the man who hurt the girls, the man who hurt Angela." Is he going to hurt me, Jimmy? Is that where he's taking me, somewhere to hurt me?" No, Amy. He's not going to hurt you, that's not why he took you. You know why he took you, don't you? He took you because he wanted. The roughly 150 nautical miles to Port Mahon should take them little more than a day and a night, Tony guessed, and he was looking forward to having a proper dinner on shore.Over the next 24 hours the gale did not abate. The fires were out in the ships, and the officers and men were getting weary of cold food and cold drink in cold weather. The small inlet into the harbour of Mahón was a welcome sight, and once inside, the calmer water was a reprieve. An unknown Navy sloop was at anchor in the. What the Craebh Ruadh got out of this I do not know, but Morgana, Julia and Simon were happy enough about it, so I refused to worry about it as well.The evacuation of the Outer Realms continued apace. We had now managed to relocate over half a million Azurans to New Azurana, where, despite the almost chaotic conditions caused by food shortages and lack of adequate housing, a stable new and friendly realm was coming peacefully into being. Plans were now being made to establish a permanent.