He looked over at the calendar hanging on the wall. "Unless your families are busy on the twenty-fifth—that's a Saturday—why don't you all plan to...come over for dinner." That sounds good." It seemed to Gabe that she wanted to say something else, but stopped herself."I'll look forward to it, Bailey." Me, too, Gabe."There was another awkward silence, then both hung up. He spent the next three weeks both elated and nervous at the same time.And none of it had to do with going back to work.The girls. It was not a cold night by late autumn standards but the weather was alittle fresh. Jayne took a deep breath, and looked slightly upwards tosoak in the atmosphere of city partygoers moving between venues. With thebackground music of the club gone, the tune that suddenly came into herhead was Procul Harum's "Whiter Shade Of Pale," and she did really didwish she was far away from these things.Unable to dislodge that song from her head, she skipped a light fandangothrough the streets in no. ' 'What penalty?' Barry demanded standing. Bronwyn laughed. 'That's a surprise. You may never find out as you'll beable to last two weeks, won't you?' 'I suppose so,' he said miserably. 'Look,' he said suddenly, gathering hiscourage, 'this has gone far enough. Get the key and unlock me.' 'Key?' She laughed again. 'You don't think I have it with me, do you? I'mnot stupid, dear boy. Now, why don't you run along? I have another friend comingto see me in twenty minutes. I know you would hate to. She didn’t speak to me, she just lay there staring at the ceiling. It worked well enough for me, I hung around for half an hour and headed home, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the righteous. In the morning I checked all three accounts he had answered to the new account. Janie love See you soon, I am clean honest xxx I(she) didn’t reply, after all she is in hospital. When I got home from work Friday night she was home. ‘Hello,’ I said as I walked into the lounge. ‘what’s for tea.’ ‘You.