Two minutes later I was parked in the Grants twined driveway. I knocked once at the door and walked right in. Tony had been my best friend since kinde...garten and for as long as I could remember, our families had been close friends. Tony and I had always played on the same sports teams, gone to the same schools and so on. Our families were used to seeing us together and we both just dropped in like part of the family.As I got to the kitchen I could see it was a typical Tuesday morning in the. " They don't," she answered, somewhat shakily. "They don't. That's why I'm here." I see. Same here." Don't like crowds?" Not so much. Hey, have we met? I don't think I've seen you around." I don't think so. Ellen." She put her hand out to him."How do you know my name, then?" Huh? I don't." You just said it." No, I told you mine." Oh, Ellen?"She looked quizzically as him. "Yeah, I said."He walked up the machine, and shook her outstretched hand. "Yeah, sorry. I'm Alan." Huh? Oh. God, sorry." No. I will settle for half of what you have squirreled away here. Half I say, to be delivered up within a week!"Scott was thunderstruck. He realised the High King was indeed serious and that failure to hand over what he was asking for was likely to result in his host descending on Dalriada in full measure. He glanced at Gabrain and could see that young man's face was slowly turning purple. Once more he squeezed the boy's arm, seeking to calm him before any outburst could make things even more. Alain immediately recognized his lover of the other night, René. He pretended he didn’t know René. After lunch, the three men walked into another room which had a double lock. It was occupied by a large bed. In the bed were two naked men, kissing each other. They stopped for a minute to look at the intruders then continued their kissing. Alain was sweating. Had his cover been blown (so to speak) ? René put his arm around his waist and the general faced both men and smiled broadly. The three men.