Was this supposed to be a fight or a striptease contest?" the Dark Angel asked sarcastically.Her features hardening, Barb moved slightly forward, push...ing back at the Angel with her own chest, slightly harder, "Oh, this is going to be a fight all right, you can be sure of that."With that she reflexively slugged the Angel as hard as she could across the face. Her cheek stinging, Angel snarled and quickly returned the favor, balling her hand into a fist and driving it into Barb's face. The blow. A light suddenly snapped on above Laylah's head. How in the world would a light bulb be functional after all this time? She wondered. There were footsteps quietly approaching her. Before she had time to turn around, she heard a whisper in her ear."Shhh, my pet." A seemingly familiar voice whispered, "Come. Walk to the end of the platform to your left. Don't look back; I have something to show you."A cold, yet inviting hand had clasped Laylah's shoulder. Not wanting to upset David, she had done. "And you know it, you daft man," she thought.On Tuesday Nick drove over the Pennines to his parents' house. He was pretty much at peace. Marshall was picking up and he was confident that they would be invited to tender for the two county council road jobs. It was time to invite the CEO to visit as a further morale booster. Christmas should be fun. Apart from his beloved parents his sister Catriona, her husband, Jerry, and their two children, Robbie aged four and Nina aged two, would be there.. "Let's see. How do I explain this? I want to watch the Gilmore Girls,"Nick said. "Well, that's not like you, but that's not a bad thing." I want to watch girl on girl pornos," Amanda added."And that's a bad thing," Natalie responded. "Let's go see yourgrandmother."Natalie walked towards her mother's room and knocked on the door, butthere was no answer. She opened the door slowly and saw that her motherwas sleeping. Natalie walked away from her mother's room and said to herchildren, "I'm going.