“Well, the response from Number 10 Downing Street has been utterly lacking. The lame-duck Prime Minister has absolutely refused to give even the sli...htest gesture of solidarity or support to his successor, indicating that perhaps he is extremely worried and upset over this result himself and bitter over the outcome. He hasn’t even threatened sanctions against Turkey over this latest action. He hasn’t even signaled his intentions about his own private life after leaving office, leading to. Want a buddy to go see a movie with? Abbie's your girl. Moving across town and want help with some boxes? Someone to walk the dog? To paint the house? To go the park?Abbie never let anything stand in her way of helping her friends. Unless there was some kind of emergency or if the circumstance was inappropriately dangerous, she always said yes.The nicest thing about it was that no one ever asked anything too much of her. She was so agreeable that everyone she knew had the greatest respect for. ‘What?’ He asks almost in a whisper. ‘Nothing…um…watch the storm…thanks for the company.’ I get up, closing the blanket tightly around me. Losing my nerve completely. ‘Ya know I think you wanted for ME to come out not him.’ He says softly grabbing the blanket to stop me. I’m speechless, he’s seen through me completely. Praying he doesn’t see more, I look away and try to walk away again. This time he gets up, takes me by my shoulders and takes the blanket away. I’m wearing a tank top and shorts,. “ ... you’re welcome.”Awkward silence.“I, um...” He blinked a few times and tripped over the words on his tongue. “I know I said som-”“I said forget it. I don’t want to dig up buried shit just so we can let out our feelings.” She raised her head again, and he found himself shocked yet again. The Nosferatu was grinning at him. “I like you a lot, and you’re my boyfriend. That’s that.”What happened to Beatrice? Did seeing him get his ass kicked in by Rebecca affect her that much? There was that.