“How do you know we’re the police?” the inspector answered equally quietly.She gave him an arch look. “I don’t give a stuff about pretty uni...orms and fancy cars, but I can tell a copper a mile away. So why aren’t you doing your jobs?”“How do you know we’re not?”.The woman gave a bitter laugh. “I know you’re not. If you were, my shop wouldn’t be being robbed every single fuckin’ day.”“Please don’t swear ma’am,” said the inspector almost automatically.“Now I know you’re a ffffffflamin’ cop,” The. After several hours of shouting obscenities at the screen he decided to go to bed.That night, as he slept, he saw in his dreams a fiery portal. Out of the portal stepped a well dressed, attractive woman. "Hello John," she said, "I feel your hatred."John was confused. He didn't know this woman, or why she was talking to him. "I feed on your hatred. It makes me strong." She said, in a seductive manner. "So I want to give you something in return. You see, we can work symbiotically. I fuel your. I so wanted to have dinner with him and more but those words I had heard him say kept leaping into my mind. I love you too. I love you too. I did not know what to do. ‘Are you alright?’ ‘Yes, I am fine. I would really like to join you, but unfortunately I can’t. I have to go into town for a few things, you see I go once a month and get supplies and things I need. Sometimes I even go to a movie if there is something playing that sounds interesting. I have no idea what time I will be back this. As if in line with the surreal situation she found herself in she asked him if he could pour her a Gin and tonic. John smiled.After passing her the drink John surprised Jo by sitting on the floor in front of her. Out of reach. They talked about nothing really for the next twenty minutes but by the end of it Jo knew that John was hiding nothing. He was just a carefree happy go lucky single man who was meandering through life. Jo had made it plain that she was married and had never cheated.