Unfortunately, my world wasn't quiet enough for sleep.The couple that lived in the apartment above me were apparently fighting again. I couldn't make ...ut the words, it was just loud noises at this point. Cars driving by would honk their horns, sending my headache to another level of pain. A brief moment of silence was interrupted by a sudden strike of thunder. It seemed as if the universe was punishing me for something. All I wanted was peace and quiet. As it started to rain, the patter against. ’ She then pointed at Jimmy. ‘Don’t keep me waiting too long, baby,’ she grinned at him. ‘I feel like a new man!’ Jimmy grinned, holding his hands up high and quietly stamping his feet. He then looked past him towards the hallway. ‘She’s even wilder than before we got married! And, she promised me bigger and better things in Barbados!’ ‘I’m really happy for you, man,’ Charlie grinned as he clapped Jimmy on the shoulder. ‘I do have to ask, though,’ he replied, looking towards the hallway once. “I suppose you’re right,” she teased “but look on the bright side; if we had not been naughty that time we might not have little Sophie here” “Don’t joke about things like that” I said, but it was true. We don’t really know whether Sophie is Bryan’s or mine.The last time was eighteen months ago and she was meeting with her three best friends for lunch. They meet up every couple of months or so and have done so more or less ever since they left school. Normally they take the k**s with them. Just as my anger burned itself out in a flash and embarrassment spread two low-slung headlights pulled in behind me. Feeling testy I pulled my Glock from beneath the seat and shoved it inside my trench. Behind me he alighted, and I watched his tall frame move in my rearview until it disappeared, then he was knocking on my window. I rolled it down an inch. ‘Fuck off Crilly. You won, now leave me alone.’ ‘Aileen, you shouldn’t have tried to race me in anything but the ‘Stang. You’re a different.