She watched as Rory guzzled the last of his beer and threw a ten dollar bill on the bar before standing up. He absolutely towered over her five foot t...hree frame by at least a foot, and Jill had to stop herself from swallowing hard again. If he was that tall, there was no telling how big the hidden parts of him were. ‘Come on,’ Jill nearly whispered, as she nodded towards the exit, suddenly nervous. Nervous, but excited. She had never done anything like this before. ‘Yes ma’am,’ Rory responded. " How come you can see me? I don't have a webcam." Carl stood and staggered to the computer desk. Taking his seat he suddenly recoiled from the mousepad as if he had seen a snake."Like I need a webcam. You are such a wuss!" the wizard accused. "Put your hand on the mouse!" No!" Carl whimpered. "I'm afraid!" You don't want to become the woman of your cyber-dreams?" asked the wizard, sweetly. Max Headroom, that was who the wizard was moving like, not like a real webcam but like that cartoony. She looked at her watch, ‘Ten minutes and my relief will be here.’ Three men entered the foyer carrying a few pieces of luggage and one came to the desk. She knew him quite well, he was a local doctor, a GP. ‘Jenny dear, I wonder if you could do me a favour.’ ‘If I can,’ she said smiling at his unusual obsequiousness. ‘I’ve got a Mr. Philips here, a vascular surgeon we called in on an emergency. There hasn’t been time to book a room for him, have you got any vacancies?’ Jenny had looked up. The orange kitten brushed up against my finger, just trying to get some attention. I scratched him on the head.“Yeah, I want the orange one too, but I want a dog. Come on.” Annie said.“All right.” I sighed.We walked away from the kitten cages, and headed towards the dogs heading up and down the kennels.“Wait,” Chloe stopped me, “What does this have to do with her trying to kill you?” She asked.I groaned.“Will you just let me tell my story?” I asked.“Well you can move faster than that.” Chloe.
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