The party was soon coming to an end and people were starting to leave and Christina was very intoxicated she asked if she could stay the night. I told... I haven’t got a bed and that she has to sleep downstairs in the basement on the fold out couch. In her current state I did no matter what she slept on. I took her downstairs and made her acquainted with bed and there she slept till the afternoon. I was awake for a lot longer than her getting her cell ready for her to move in. Jackson wandering. I hope we’ll see you again, maybe soon, sir.’ ‘Sorry I took so long darling. When I got up I found I was really quite wobbly, I was still shaking all over and my legs seemed to turn to jelly. It took ages for me to calm down again, so it’s all you’re fault.’ Helen said, hugging me hard. ‘Anyway, what was that waitress grinning about?’ she said, changing the subject. ‘We got sprung again!’ ‘You mean she knew we were in there together?’ ‘Yep. Gave me a drink, compliments of the house, to help me. She'd described things in such detail that he was completely convinced that she'd done this before. Some things had been left vague but tantalizing. Maybe it was desperation that took out the five thousand dollars but he preferred to think of it as hope.His skin was tingling as he dried off. Her instructions had been very detailed and had taken him awhile to comply with every item. He'd cleaned himself all over and then used a special depilatory cream from his toes to his hair line. With some. Inside, I found myself in an immensely long room running along the rear of the museum. Tall windows filled the room with an even light that was evidently needed for the work that was taking place on a table that stretched the length of the room beneath the windows. Along the other long wall ran a continuous rank of filing cabinets. The table was covered with a continuous length of paper, marked with names and lines. Six of what I took to be Castwich's staff – all women, I noticed – were busy at.
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