Derby said, softly, “That's the truth, you know. There's something about you that does make me care a lot about you.”Anna pulled back from their ...mbrace and looked at Derby, searching for the tenderness she heard in his voice. Satisfied, she said, “I'm starting to care a lot about you, too.”When Derby leaned in to kiss her, Anna let it happen. Then, she responded, kissing him back warmly, but tenderly, the way he had kissed her.Derby assumed she was a virgin, and not very experienced with. . Thank you," he nodded."You go and sit in the living room, and I'll bring it in." She ordered.When Izzy curled up next to him on the sofa, it was all he could do not to reach out and take her into his arms."So how have you been?" he finally dared to ask."Great!" she lied enthusiastically. "I've managed to get twelve clients, all needing a couple of hours a week or so. People have been so kind and helpful towards me..." she grinned, refusing to admit how much she had missed Daniel."Good, I'm. They also took a bunch of crime scene photos. Hopefully we can get a match on all the prints today or tomorrow." Good work, Bob." the General said. "Give my thanks to your people." One other thing, sir," the PM said, "my CID people are pissed at not being able to interview the victim or the witness yet." What witness?" asked the General."The one who rescued her," the PM answered."I wasn't a witness," I said. "I didn't get there till she was outside. I just chased them off when they came after. I watched all this happen in quiet disbelief, a dizzy sensation in my head terrible fear in my heart. I was aware of a man at the counter, talking to the waiter. Conversation rose and fell, I heard one or two laughs, the clatter of a tea-spoon in a saucer.I fumbled with things in my handbag, smoked a cigarette, re-touched my lipstick, pretended to write things in my little diary; sipped my soon cold coffee. I felt a dreadful urge to confess everything, and a yet stronger urge to run and run.