Thomas, whose body he now occupied,must now be residing in the body of either the comatose Frank in thehospital, the gunman Larry, now in the psyche w...rd, or - Doris, thechimp."Wait! That detective said the gunman said he was shot. That must beFrank in his body. She must be in Frank or Doris!"Grabbing his own hand, he dragged Sandra to the cage containing Doris'body. By this time, its body was fully alert, standing strangely in anun-ape way, watching them approach."Here, let me give whoever it. So I was up and already getting my stuff together when my phone rang, Or, actually, my special, secure games phone. Which, to be honest, I thought was either (i) a mistake or (ii) some sort of intentional but bollocks update from one or more of our security / technical / organisational overlords.What I really didn't expect would be that it would actually be a personal call for me. And never in a million years would I have anticipated what I was immediately told...Chief Superintendent. Mom had always had a way of taking responsibility for things and making sure that you felt guilty about it.“I’ll help,” Pey said cheerfully. “I might be too little to do some of the grownup things, but I can help get things for J. Like if he needs a drink. I think I could feed him, too.”“Thank you, Pey. You’re the best little sister a guy could have. We’ll do some fun things together.”“You need to keep up with your school,” Dad said. I nodded. It was about the most Dad ever said and that was. He would be going off to London the following day so they finalised their plans for Sunday but agreed to speak on the phone in the meantime. She loved to hear his strong, confident voice even if she could not see him.The air became still as they held each other close in the large gothic porch of the house. Only the sound of the beating of their hearts could be heard as their faces drew close and the two lovers kissed, lightly at first but then more passionately as the excitement of being close.