”In here,” I directed when he tried to go into the dining room, ” Let's eat on the sofa. I want to watch the Lakers.””Cool,” he agreed. I ...ogged back to the kitchen for a bottle of wine and with a grin, I grabbed Bobby another beer. Tossing him the beverage I plopped beside him on the couch. ”What's the score?””Twenty-one, eighteen. We’re up,” he said.”Booyah,” I cheered, ”Hope we can hold them.”I poured a glass of wine and fished out an egg roll. Chinese was my favorite takeout on a Friday. That evening they drove to Bielefeld and spent the night with the Commander 1st British Corps with whom Anthony had a meeting the following day. Frances and Victoria had another sightseeing tour in the morning. Mark stayed with his general throughout except for a brief moment when the Corps Commander asked him and his own Military Attaché (MA) to leave the office."Anthony," he said. "You're treating that young man as an MA rather than an ADC." Yes, General." You must have good reason. I'm. The file was more than an inch thick. I paged forward until I found the months of October and November. I began scanning through the columns of text and legalese, looking for two names in particular: Anita Browling and Jack Valentine. I found them eventually and copied down the names that were listed with them as clients.Satisfied with my work, I returned the file to its proper place, signed out, and went home. I hoped this was all going to work. I'd been to a lot of trouble if it didn't.That. Over the course of the next few nights I had some quite disturbing dreams in which Kirsty featured. In one I tried to save her as a faceless boy was quite clearly raping her, but failed. In another I saw myself kneeling between her legs, my mouth only inches away from her sex, but I managed to resist kissing her. I woke up sweating and berating myself. I really needed to get a grip.The dance for the fourth years was on the night before the last day of school before the Christmas break. I turned.