I’ll be here a while and maybe I’ll get some dinner out here before I head back. Take some time to relax or you’ll be a live wire when the camer...s come on. I know you’ll do great. Love you.’ ‘I love you, too.’ And then she hung up. I leaned back in my chair for a little while and let myself feel excited for my wife. Tonight could be her big break. Local anchors got ‘Wally Pipped’ all the time when they had to take a night off. Stephanie had done a bunch of awful weekend fill-ins over the last. The first sound that Julie heard from the other side of the world was the sound of fire touching tobacco and cigarette paper, then being sucked into a soft breath. This was followed by a shout, not into the phone, but to someone in the immediate vicinity of whomever had just answered.“It’s a fucking routine hostage situation! We’re a tourist destination; if you do something here, you get the world’s attention. So, some asshole tries to pull something like this every couple months! If Santori. ”“Anytime,” I replied as I headed back to my unit.I’m glad he remembered what we did last night, and I’m glad that it might happen again.A few months ago, I moved up to the Sunshine Coast; it was a little bit tricky finding a place to rent/lease but eventually I found this great unit which is a short walk to the beach and furnished. It also has its own private roof which is where I pretty much live when it isn’t raining (as it has been a bit too much lately).When I inspected the unit I was on. "Coming or not?"Cleo gave them another slow smile — you could almost see the icicles festooned on that smile — and took my arm. When we were out of the door they rose to their feet and followed us out. So much for stealth.We were late because of the traffic and took our seats in the middle of Schubert's Ave Maria. Not one of my favourites I must admit, but the programme said that the next piece would be a Bach fugue. Cleo enjoyed the Ave Maria immensely."Reminds me of my confirmation," she.