" Asomus spoke evenly. "Once this crisis is passed ... I will wait five years."Deia looked at him. "Five years for what?" You will step down and name ...e as your successor." Asomus spoke.ENURRUA"Holy One it has been hours!" Aihola spoke softly."Be patient Aihola," Walter spoke as he opened the ration packet and pulled out the protein bar. "This location was many kilometers from where she was transmitting. They will find us." Could we have been detected as we were landing?" Aihola asked."That. “What the hell was going on with you today? You were like a damn zombie out there. Even the regulars were worried and asking if you were OK.”“Nothing is wrong.”“You’re not a really good liar. So again, what’s going on with you.”“Personal issues, I’ll be okay.”“What happened? I can see it’s bothering you and effecting you a lot as I could see you stiffen up when you just mentioned personal problems. So, just spit it out, it’ll help, trust me.”What the hell? I explained everything that happened,. You love summer camp. I mean, you love music." Yeah," Meredith said, with a humorless laugh. "See how unhappy I was?" I see," Stasya agreed."And the reason I was so unhappy was because the whole thing was just lurking over my head the whole time," Meredith said. "And... You know me, I can't deal with that. I hate stress, I hate conflict..."Stasya nodded."So, I just needed to... Get away," Meredith said."And there was Rick Downing," said Stasya."Yeah," said Meredith."What does he play, anyway,". . Then his giggling bimbo secretary pushes another parcel into my hand, Harry appears and leers at her and out of the corner of his mouth tells me that 'he didn't realise I'd been *that* bad during the year.' Yeesh! He should worry!I couldn't help looking at my watch from time to time, not that I wanted to make it obvious. Even so I was beginning to get warm. Then Katie was up on stage and I perked up... a lot.Katie!Katie the Ice Maiden. Married - and don't you forget it.The pictures of hubby.