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All right, Einar, says Roxy to the man.Einar grins and nods slowly.Are you being looked after?I’m grand, Einar, says Roxy.Just gonna stay with my mates here for a few weeks, I reckon.I’m just waiting here till it’s safe to go down.That all right?I think people would like to hear it.None of this is an accident.They say no one could have predicted it?This has been planned.Allie is quite familiar with trouble that is too deep to be spoken.She knows it happens in any house, however high.There is no place that cannot be penetrated by the kind of trouble Allie has seen in her life.She extends a hand, touches Jocelyn’s knee.Jocelyn flinches a little.Even in that momentary touch, Allie knows what Jocelyn’s trouble is.The trappings of power, the rewards of success.She rises to greet Mother Eve with a kiss on each cheek.Praise be to Our Lady, says Tatiana.Glory in the highest, says Mother Eve, without a trace of Allie’s sardonic smile.I won’t, says Tunde.I won’t.Flak jacket in the herbaceous borders.Semple shrugs.I’m a British citizen, under the protection of Her Majesty.I’ll obey the laws, within reason, and report on that.When the knock on the door comes, he jumps.For a moment, when he opens the door, he thinks the old man has misunderstood him.On the tray, there’s a tumbler of whisky sitting on a rectangular coaster, and nothing else.It’s only when he looks more closely that he sees that the coaster is, in fact, his passport.The gateway drug, Roxy would say.Now listen, says Allie.I think you’d like to sign these papers now, wouldn’t you?Tatiana nods sleepily.Her eyes are closing as she writes.She is falling back onto the pillow.How long are you planning to drag this out?She hasn’t said that he wasn’t holding a gun.The therapist works out of an office paid for by NorthStar Industries, so it seems like it might not be safe.They talk in general terms.She told the therapist about Ryan.Jocelyn said, I wanted him to like me because I’m strong and in control.There’s a lightness in her as she gets into the jeep.She’ll drive down to where the place should be and see if she can see anything.Her skein is humming strong and true as it always does now, and she feels good.Worst comes to worst, she’ll have had a nice drive.But she might be able to take some photos to put online herself.Tunde
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