Just part of the show now and then. Being contrite was the same, just part of the show. Franklin probably knew it wasn’t real. I went home after wor.... I had been staying with my friend Jen and her husband, so I was extremely glad to be going to my own home after work. I stopped by one of those super grocery stores on the way home for a premade pasta salad. They make it fresh, so it wasn’t too awful. The store’s take out window was on my way home. If I called ahead from the office, even the. Looking at the screen she re-read the emails that she had sent to Jesse and Norah. Mia was internally pleased with herself that it now seemed as though everything was working out. Mia’s mum stuck her head round the door and watched her daughter as she closed down the PC. “Is that you all set? John’s just getting his shoes on before he gets the ‘cases.” “Yeah, I think that’s me got everything this time Mum.” “Well if there’s anything you’ve missed I can send you the money to get it. Is. She knew she had to stop this before it sent her over the edge and cause her knees to buckle. She stepped backward toward the bar as his hands graced her leg and began moving north to investigate if, in fact, his accusation of her stockings was in fact true. She casually batted his hand away and swung her hips and sidestepped her old acquaintance making her way back to the table empty-handed. The smile that was exploding from her mouth was larger than life. As she sat down at the table facing. It was the filthy bastard Hargreaves who had insisted on that particular punishment. In another life she would have fancied Karl! But even when her wounds had healed it was unlikely he would fancy her! She was doomed to be scarred for life, and she could have been on her way out of this stinking hell-hole of a country!She did not regret her choice. Giving herself up was at least a step in the right direction along a very long road that might lead to redemption. She suspected that the sacrifice.