‘Some wine before you go?’ she asked with her voice on a slight inclined tone. He smiled at her and drew closer. ‘That would be nice’ She turn...ed her back to him and approached the little table next to the chair opposite the burning fire where the 2 glasses and wine bottle stood in expectancy to be opened to help the mood along. She bent down and poured them two glasses of white wind and turned once again to see him waiting for her, gazing into the fire almost hypnotised as she once was. She. The air grew thick with wafts of mist; he realised they must be close to the river now. They paused outside a decrepit ale house; the oaf wiped a dirty window with his ragged sleeve and peered in, then gesticulated at someone inside. The girl moved to one side in a feeble attempt to escape as his attention was diverted; the oaf grabbed her and slammed the frail body against the wall. As he did this, a wiry male appeared in the light of the open door, leering at the girl; he dug deep into his. .well....remember when you were in the bathroom about ten minutes ago?" ...yes?" Okay, that was not what she expected her to say. Unless she was going to follow up by saying she was thinking of her or something. Otherwise, this conversation went off map. Mistress Edo felt a familiar turn in her stomach."Well some of the other girls here talked to me for a second and they mentioned-" The girl glanced towards the north end balcony. Her hands pulled backwards from Mistress Edo's grasp."Of fuck,". .Chapter 1: MisdirectionGregg Gillstrom sat on the couch in his flat, flicking playing cards across the room to land in a top hat placed on the floor on the far side of the room.Maxine scowled at him. "Do you have to do that?" she said, tetchily.Gregg grunted incoherently. He reached for the TV remote and thumbed through a dozen or so channels in a vain search for entertainment. "Oh, find something to do! I’ve got to deal with these bookings or ‘The Astounding Gillstrom’ won’t be giving any.