I shuddered."Thank God you didn't swap tickets with the real Eva Schumacher whenyou took her handbag," said Helmut after they had gone. "I don't knowh...w we would have explained Paula Grunwald having one from further upthe line when she supposedly boarded the train here." Yes, that was still in my jacket pocket," I said. "I threw bothtickets away weeks ago."Since Helmut believed I was already on the train before the real Evaboarded it I couldn't let him know I had had no ticket because I. Alice and I sat and talked while Jess got ready to leave. Well, Alice talked, I ogled her body. Half an hour, maybe more seemed to fly by as I traced her lips with my gaze. I followed every curve of her body as she spoke passionately about some drunk shit I cared nothing about. Finally, Jess came out in a rush, "I'm late, I have to go." I wished her luck, gave her a passionate kiss goodbye and locked the door behind her. Alice at this point was Between passing out and still trying to talk. I. The rest of us ordered iced tea, so's not to rub in the coke thing. In a few minutes we were all choking down on some hamburger steaks. Mark made nice and got the same as us instead of holding me to the steak deal. He said just buying was cool enough.We finish up and throw mom a fiver. She said we didn't have to, but I told her work was work ---didn't matter who you were waiting on—besides, I'd get it back in cheerio's :) She just smiled. We get back to our house, and Benji manages to get his. Something told her the man wasn’t a danger to her. Whatever it was, she knew he had been in the storm far too long dressed as he was. ‘Lean on me so we can get you close to the fire,’ she said, putting her arm around his waist. She didn’t drag him in, though she came close. The man did little more than shuffle his feet the entire way. Maggie held back her shock when she saw he didn’t have boots or even shoes on. ‘My name is Maggie. I’m going to help you get warm again, all right?’ His raised.