It was a rainy late spring night and it felt good to have those big arms of his wrap around around her. She felt Walter poking her."I think we are on ...he brink of something awful." Like what?" It'll be in the papers tomorrow so I might as well tell you. The Japanese navy is heading straight to China. The Chinese army has fortified most of their coastal lands so as of this moment we are looking at a Mexican stand off." Oh shit," Chris mumbled. "So what are we doing about it?" Nothing right now.. She took several deep, cleansing breaths, and closed her eyes. Unfortunately, this didn’t help her relax, since every time she closed them, all she could see was Jason’s face. Suddenly, she threw her beer across the room and screamed, “Jason, why do you control my emotions like that.” At that point, her tears came, so did her sobs.Mary Beth was still in a state of shock when she hung up from talking to Andy. Seeing the tears in her eyes Tracy, Deke’s wife, came over to comfort her, asking,. I was on top of the world as I left the office.All weekend long I was trying to waste time to make Monday come faster by doing random crap. When Monday finally came, the room was spotless both beds in the room were made and all my books were neatly stacked because of my procrastination craze, so at least Connor would have a clean room to arrive to. I was listening to some Metallica when I heard a faint knock on the door. My heart skipped a beat or two and I opened up the door. He was. "Just gone home replied Stephen who was still working on a client'smarketing plan." Damn, I needed him to take this and read it over the weekend. I'vegot to run now, any chance that you could drop it off at his place onyour way home?" No problem. I'll be here for another hour or two and then I'll takeit. Can you give me his address?"A couple of hours later, Stephen tidied up his desk and made his way toMarc's flat with the file.------Chapter 12As usual, Marc had showered after getting home.