.. Anyway, I go to the London Marathon site to check for late news items. On the home page, there is a countdown timer. 2 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes, 2...8 seconds, 27, 26, 25, ... I go through a stretching routine and then make my way to Daphne's room Outside I kneel down to perform a quadriceps stretch, but strangely always feel the need to do this after I have knocked on her door. As she opens, I lean forwards to stretch my para-spinal muscles and kiss her feet. I cannot understand why I always. Maj immediately got on the radio and alerted the waiting teams.Jake and Maj watched as the six air cars drew nearer. They were about a mile from the harpoon launch sites. Suddenly in the front car, the head of the driving robot exploded and its body was pitched over the side. Almost ten seconds later a very loud boom reverberated from the hills."What the hell was that?" Jake asked.Maj smiled and said, "I think that was Tani with her new toy."Almost a full minute later the robot driver in the. ‘You do exaggerate. I think you’re a person who’s very firmly in control of himself. But I’m glad that you had to be careful. I haven’t been feeling that attractive recently.’ ‘Nonsense. What you’ve been feeling is overworked and underappreciated. I bet that with the right attention you could glow.’ Now she blushed. ‘I was glowing when I woke up. I think I was dreaming of you losing control.’ Her hand flew to her mouth. ‘God, where did that come from? You’ll think I’m an absolute slut.’ Her. .."Sherise, who had been watching the door, saw Abigail enter, and she bent down and kissed Mike hard on the lips. Shock paralysed him for several seconds before he could pull back, and anyway he hadn't got anywhere to go. She stood straight, gave him a fluttering fingers wave, and left.Think how it looked to Abigail; all she saw was Sherise talking to Mike and smiling, then bending her blonde head to him to kiss him. She couldn't see Mike's expression, or his shock, but she could see Sherise's.