‘Relax, Pat. Everything is taken care of.’ ‘If you say so, then I’m satisfied. You’ve been a god-send, Del. I feel so much more relaxed with...you around.’ She didn’t respond to my compliment, looking away and fussing with some packages that needed stowing. Apparently, my praise made her uncomfortable for some reason. ‘I’m going up to the post office, Pat. Is there anything I can get you while I’m out?’ ‘Not that I can think of. We’ve got to make a run to the liquor store, but that’s about all.. Denis took a seat and we chatted for a while I hadnoticed Denis had be developing a noticable bulge in his pants which Itried to avoid looking at but it was like he wanted to show it off tome. Eventually Denis rested his hand close to my crotch I tried to bepolite and ignore it and just put it down to the alcohol that wasuntil a few minutes later when Denis moved his can a caught hold of myballs the moved forward and planted a kiss on my lips I could feel himattempting to get his tongue into my. ’Ups, ‘Tschuldigung!’, sagte sie hastig.‘Kein Problem’, antwortete Tom.‘Oh, du bist der Neue, nicht wahr?’‘Ja. Ich heiße Tom.’‘Na dann, herzlich willkommen bei uns. Ich bin Cathy’, sagte sie und sah ihn fest mit ihren stechenden Augen an. Tom stellte fest, dass sie eine unglaublich erotische Stimme hatte, aus der auch einige Erfahrung zu sprechen schien.‘Tut mir leid, hab’s eilig’, sagte sie noch und verschwand dann schnell den Gang hinunter.‘Wow’, dachte Tom, ’mal sehen, was sich da. I noticed.”“He has a thing for Catalan women.”“Money,” Katrina muttered.“Yep.”“Oh good,” said Essie, leaning against Joe, “Alex lent you the book.”“She wants Katrina to return it. And for them to meet.”“You should meet her Kat,” said Essie. “She’s a remarkable woman. Scary at first, but don’t let that fool you.”“Is she ... the mistress of the house?”“Married to Al the asshole,” Essie nodded.“Owned by him actually,” said Joe sadly.“But ... will he be here?” Katrina said.“Alejandra is well aware.