”Erica was crestfallen. She found herself dependent on her friend’s wisdom, looking to her urgently for a way out.“We can try and sort out his e...vidence afterwards,” Helen muttered. “I’ll do all I can, but right now all you can do is go through with the wedding.”“Oh God!” It was a near-silent wail of despair; she could feel the tears starting to build once more. “I can’t do it, Helen, I can’t stand up there and marry Stephen knowing what he—what Gavin wants from me.”Helen seized her by both. Then they went their separate ways and Leo went back to get dressed forthe meeting he was to attend.Chapter 3 - The MeetingThat day at precisely 3 o'clock as planned Leo entered his father'sdowntown office. The last time he could remember being there was when hewas a teenager about 10 years ago. His father's faithful assistant whohad been working there for as long as Leo could remember told him thatthe meeting had started 30 minutes ago, and Leo went into a slightpanic, for the second time that. Meanwhile, back home, their morning started slowly. As Helen started waking up and before she had opened her eyes, she felt a body next to her and the previous night came rushing back to her and quickly bringing her to full awareness. Having been sleeping on her side her first visual on opening her eyes was Barb’s bare back. She reached her head forward and gently kissed the woman on the shoulder blade. There was no reaction so she very gently rolled over and eased out of bed, stopped at the. I couldn’t hold her eyes and lowered mine. I wanted to tell her to keep her hands to herself, that I was not merely to be groped and played with but the words stayed locked behind my lips. She seemed to come to a decision and, taking my arm, led me through to her large kitchen where a meal was laid out on the table. There were salads, cold meats, pastas and cheeses. We drank wine and talked and, with the food and drink and, of course, her, my mood improved and I relaxed. She led me out into her.