I found out that no matter how hard you try, even 30 years for me, you can never resign from this family. So when you called, I had to make sure that ...you would come. Fred, did you know that I had to promise that Cathy would be here too?’ That was when Kaja answered. ‘Well, I felt a bit funny calling this house, knowing that you were a couple. Fred and I were together for a couple of months, and those were good months. We were very comfortable with one another, but we sill kept separate lives.. If he seemed to pay special attention to her breasts, Denise didn’t mind. He moved the sponge lower, washing her abdomen, gliding it over her small belly roll. He moved lower still, soaping up her red-bronze pubic hair. Denise sighed, closing her eyes for a moment, but she told him, ‘Not this morning, Stan. Just wash me, please.’ Stan smiled, leaned forward and kissed her, lovingly. He said, ‘Certainly, my princess. Anything you desire.’ He dropped to his knees in the stall, soaping up her. Those piercing blue eyes sparkling with pride. His run was in tune with the world. Michael felt like he could go on forever. That is until he rounded the last corner.Michael's endorphins and adrenalin were spent. He could see his finish line three hundred yards away but the body that carried him this far and was demanding he rest. Ignoring his pain, he dug deep for the will to continue. Dominique's visage stayed with him, shouting for him to continue for just a few seconds more. Totally. The Section leader looked at it crossly for a moment, then turned and stared at the adjoining gatehouse.It took him a few moments to realise that it was unoccupied, and probably had been for a great number of years, so he turned his attention back to the gate. He didn’t spot the three tiny cameras looking out at him and his colleagues from the gatehouse. Half a minute later he pressed the button again. Nothing happened.Across the road, and hidden inside a small clump of trees thirty yards away,.