Rough as straw. The straw smelled clean, so she imagined that the petrol had been poured on the hay bales which were staked high on the left side. The...e were only half a dozen straw bales and they were in the far corner of the stall.She shuffled around and came against solid wood, with a gap underneath. She knew exactly where she was, in stall 6 up against the right hand side of the stall, probably more than halfway along. Beyond her, under that gap, was a wide corridor next to the short North. Don’t touch me there.I think she’s having a very special dream about me. Did she enjoy today subconsciously? Suddenly her phone’s screen lit up, which was kept on the table. Let’s see if she uses a passcode to lock her phone. Cool! She doesn’t.Damn. No juicy photos. Lots of messages, though. All friends. Wait. MrX? Who uses a lame name like that?Could that be ?MrX: Do you have the money?Bella: I’m working really hard to get you the money. I should have an installment for you tomorrow.MrX:. It was now pushing them off course, and they couldn’t sail out of it. They had to hope that it passed over them quickly.He handed then all some salted pork, a loaf of day old bread and some old but edible apples. “If it’s bad as I think, I might not be able to get back to feed you later, so hopefully this will tide you over,” Kale said.He then handed a couple of hessian bags into each cell. He told Ulu to stuff them down the privy to stop the water coming in. He went into the empty cells and. .." Ben paused. "Sorry, it's just a bit of ashock, that's all. I wasn't expecting..." It's fine, honestly. I should have mentioned it in my email, but Ireally wanted to see you and thought it would be better to tell you inperson. Not that much needs saying; I guess it's kinda obvious what I'vedone..." Pamela smiled, and as she looked up, she noticed Ben smile too."So when did you... you know, have the operation?" Ben took a sip of histea."I had my final operation just over five years ago, and I.