‘It was.’ ‘Who was the horse she was with?’ ‘Joanne, apparently. She had the charisma of a brick but maybe meeting Tab’s ex wasn’t quite... her plan for tonight.’ Veronica, or Vee as we call her, put her hand on my shoulder and looked at me seriously. ‘You ok?’ ‘Absolutely fine, thanks. Meeting Tab is not going to floor me. It’s been three months for God’s sake.’ She rubbed my back, ‘Good for you.’ I should, at this point, tell you a little about Vee. Definitely not my type, she’s what my mum. "Dave, I have to admit something to you," she said. "I know we agreed we were going to keep it between ourselves, but I mentioned I'd been seeing you, and told them about Julie. I didn't, uh, go into any details about what we did the last time we were together." Well, I suppose it doesn't matter with them," he said thoughtfully. "I guess I don't mind family knowing something is going on. I mean, Mom knows. I told her that things were getting a little more serious than 'just friends' between us. Why the fuck was I going on a God damned cruise? I hated boats. Well it wasn't actually hate it was more a healthy dislike. Okay, we're friends of a sort. I mean I'm telling you my story and you're listening to it, so I can be honest. I'm fucking scared of being out in the ocean. No matter how big the boat is, I'm afraid. In fact if I had to be out in the ocean, I'd rather be in a small boat. There's actually less chance of you drowning in a small boat. You're closer to the water. Since you're. After waiting a few minutes to be sure that she was really dead, Ireached for the phone and called the local police, then I called Kurt andMarisol, and told them what had happened. I hid the headbands before thefirst cops arrived on scene, and told them that a wanted criminal hadbroken into my apartment. If they didnt beleive me, then a short visitfrom the police chief, who had taken a call from agents Murray andDaniels, made them beleive me.They wanted to take me to hospital, but I talked them.