. certainly something - or many things - we could work on. I left them an enthused and happy man - grants and rebates agreed, to be sure, but also wit...h the feeling that I'd just met a group of people who could really help make our "good neighbour" ambitions a reality.The good mood persisted through the journey back to Bowmere, despite the trains getting back to normal by being both late and crowded. Once there, I had an hour to wait for my connection back up the valley by bus - I could have got. The kids can't afford that. You've had your no way out scenario. William may be having his own. The next one belongs to me. There will be no argument. If it happens, you go take the child and go. Do you understand?" I don't like this Gary." She sulked."Do you understand?" Yes." she said."Then you promise." He kept on."Yes. I promise." Good." They said nothing else to each other for the rest of the trip. It was a most rare night. The two had never gone this long without speaking to each other.. “Let’s go and have Italian.”In the car, Lucy got started. “Look, Danny, this is...”She stopped when he held up his hand.“Just not in my car, okay? I’ve had one girl blow me off in here already; one more time and I can never take a girl in here again.”He drove her to a nearby restaurant and owing to the early hour, they found an empty table in the rear where they would be alone. They studied the menu in silence and then ordered. When the waitress left them, Danny smiled wryly.“Okay, shoot!”Lucy. We were busy in the restaurant that night and although He was around, I didn’t get a chance to talk to Him or even see Him very much.When the restaurant closed, we all went to His bar to relax after the hard work and share drinks and stories with each other before going home. He was there, busy with his other customers, beautiful and smiling. My heart melted at the sight of Him but He had no time for me and didn’t talk to me at all. I was hurt and disappointed. Did this mean it was not to be?.
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