It sounded a little disturbing so I tried to look for a gap in the fence to see where the noise was coming from. I could see through a small gap my ne...t-door neighbor dressed in a black bikini spread-eagled on the lawn with her hands between her legs … “That’s Curious”! I thought … why that name?, Well I’d seen her several times before, as her and her husband had just moved in, and each time she’d say ”Hello!” and I would say “I’m curious, but what’s your name?”, she smiled and pouted “Hummm,. Obviously, that never panned out, but I have a contract with ... a certain studio, and I was going to share my pay with you, hence why I wanted to have a shared account,” Felicia admitted the truth, feeling very foolish now.“So ... more lies. More surprises. More revelations. More secrets. I see. Do you now understand why you and I ... have trouble working this out? Bullshit excuses. Plots to control me. Late confessions. Twists and turns everywhere. It comes down to trust and the loss of it.. Well, oversized on her small frame. Probably one of his. She threw back the duvet and sat, for a moment or two, on the side of the bed. Bacon butty? Yes, she vaguely remembered. There had been a group of them. Some people from the local radio station and a couple of guys from the record company. They had gone to a bar. Down near the harbour. In some sort of cellar. She remembered going down some stairs, past framed black-and-white photographs of jazz stars from the ’60s — Miles Davis, people. Impossible to analyse, to explain. Butone felt it. One could not help feeling it. It was a physical,almost tangible, force. A sort of horizontal gravity.As they drew near Helen veered off to join Christine and Alice.Grace de Messembry with Emma in tow greeted Anne and Sophie withthat amused glint in her eye that David had so come to dread."Anne and Sophie, two of my very favourite girls! What a delight tosee you looking so absolutely lovely." Her calm, perfectly formedsmile embraced them.