Carol was standing by the counter,apparently waiting on us. She smiled when we came in."There you are. Dani you are always so punctual and I love that...outfit.You have the cutest taste in clothes, although I don't think I could weardresses like you do all the time. Hank, I'm glad you came. It will onlytake a minute to check out everything and see if I can help you. I wouldbe surprised if this is more than just a formality. Why don't the two ofyou head back to the first dressing room and Hank. I felt a tiny hand touch me, then someone telling that little hand to get away. I sensed a siren and then shaking of my whole body, as the siren seemed to be all around me. I sensed crying and talking that sometimes sounded like my children and some of my grand children. Occasionally I felt a kiss or a hand holding mine. After a while I felt difficulty breathing and then nothing. The nothing lasted a long time.The next thing I knew was the static. It looked and sounded like an old black and. They’ll have been sick at least twice by the time the guests arrive. I know it’s becoming increasingly aware that there is a touch of the Aunt Maud’s in me but I promise you, it wasn’t always like this. I used to go out with a big group of adults for birthdays and we’d all have a laugh and a snog and a fight and vow to do it again next year. For the big three-O, however, I was six months pregnant and laid low with sinusitis so the event passed rather more sedately than I’d ever imagined. And. I decided if I did get through the maingate I wouldn’t get far out in the countryside especially in threeinch stiletto heels, I never had access to boots or thicker heels. Irealised it was unlikely I could escape without help or if I just gotvery lucky. It was because of the trust in me shown by Olivia, andindeed Herald House staff, that I didn’t take the opportunity toescape while in Winchester; well that and the GPS tracker.I had wanted to escape, I wanted my old life back, to see my.