"I'll be right back with cupcakesfor you two."He tried not to think about how annoying all this was as he sat and thefinished their pizza. It was ridi...ulous as he played along with Kayla,talking to their stuffed friends and sipping their drinks. When theyfinished their cupcakes, he thought it was a relief leaving the store, butit was only short-lived as he carried his bear from store to store shoppingwith the girls."Oh this is too weird," Chris mouthed to himself, feeling the back of hishead.He. " Thanks, I'll be in touch."-----------------The next day I saw Bill when I left the café. He invited me to sit in the lobby with him, and led off with, "I hear you talked to Molly."I asked him if what she said was true. "Yeah, but there are a couple of stipulations I insisted on. We're keeping our number of sexual partners small, and we hide nothing." It was good to hear that the manipulator wasn't dictating terms.I said, "I think that's a good sign, Bill. Maybe she'll stop using sex as a. I replied straight away. “Yep just something’s come up at home. I’ll be ok, down in a few mins xx” I hated lying to him, but he’d believe me since he knew I came round so often for a reason. And I didn’t want him to think I was scared. Which I was. I took a few minutes to compose myself, then I took a deep breath and went down into the living room. Everyone had gone home, Harriet was asleep in the armchair and Annie was in bed. Leaving me and Ryan to clear up the bomb site that was their. " I'm sorry, Sir," said the older one, "but, you see, it's off-season, and the north and south wings are shut down, no water or heat, you understand. We're all booked up. There's a motel in Anniston. I could call and see if they have a vacancy." Anniston? How far is that?" Twenty-seven miles," said the younger."No way I'm driving 27 miles in this weather. I'd sleep in my car, first. But surely you have something. It wouldn't have to be fancy. Just a bed. I'll sleep on a couch in the lobby, if I.