”Bobby saw a closed auto repair shop ahead on the right and pulled into the parking lot. He instructed JR to lie down across the back seat and asked...Patty to scoot as low in her seat as possible. Before the police car could come to a stop behind him, an Air Force Special Forces helicopter was hovering over the highway directly beside them. The side door was open and a manned 50 caliber machine gun was aimed at the police car.Bobby returned to the cell phone, “Tell your officer to step out of. The steps stopped outside Billy’s room for a few seconds before they continued down the corridor. Listening carefully, he recognised the heavy footsteps belonged to Max.Billy froze, he was too scared to do anything. It took him several minutes to build up the courage to climb off the bed. He slowly walked to the big metal door, on the other side of the room. Putting his ear to the cold metal, he listened carefully to see if he could hear anyone in the corridor. There was no sound outside. It. I collected my luggage and we set out for the hotel. In the taxi the girls explained what had happened. Juliette wanted to see me again, but of course she could not write to me directly. So she and Madeline had planned l’deception. Madeline would pretend to be with me, and when we were in public she would flirt with me just enough to suggest that we were having an affair. Madeline and Juliette had already moved into a suite at the Hotel de la Concorde. We reached the hotel, and Madeline clung. I would be there to make sure Holly did not over-do, so ... no problem.She picked up her glass, I picked up mine, and Holly made a toast, "Michael, to you and to me for a long and lovely life, and to a promising evening." We clinked our glasses. I was hoping that what she meant by a "promising evening," was the same as the thought going through my mind. The conversation was as lively as always, and we giggled and laughed easily at each of our amusing anecdotes about life in the City. She was.