The rest of the week passed quickly although I felt myself under more scrutiny than ever, but I brushed the feeling aside.When the weekend came Ella a...rrived with Josh and Chloe and dropped them off while I was told to go and sit in the back of their car. I watch as daddy and Ella chatted and then daddy gave her a folded piece of paper and she passed him an envelope. I wondered what was going on. We drove in silence with me hunched in the back seat trying to show I wasn’t happy. We were almost. But on the telly, gushing about her new book launch, Sasha is no longer the self-caricature of burnt-out rock-chick. Bitter, decaying Sasha is gone, replaced by the sassy acute intelligence of Coral Savage, a being who illuminates the studio with her cleverness, her apt nods and smiles.She talks about her writing, her life in Wales, her family and plans for the future."I just had to get away from The Business. I needed to discover the essential me. It was a Dark Night of the Soul, believe you. . I fell in the freezer,” he said hurriedly. “But Doctor Li got me patched up just fine.”I had heard residents lie about being physically abused almost weekly for the past five years, and I heard in Henry’s voice the same uncertain hurriedness that I heard from them. And it didn’t take a lot of reckoning to figure out who had abused him. I had no idea what to do, so I decided to respect Henry’s privacy. “I’ll get the counselors on overnight duty to help you with the dishes,” I told him.Henry. Withthat she was gone.Michael left the shop and looked at the card. On it was written a phonenumber and then the guard had signed it "Sue x."Nichael walked home in a bit of a daze. Sue definitiely did not seem tobe his type and yet his heart fluttered for reasons he could just notwork out. Later that evening, he called her and after a shortconversation, they agreed to meet the following evening for a meal.The next day was Saturday and Michael went about his normal routine -shopping, washing.