"Can you spare me a minute?" she asked."Yes, dear. Of course. What can I do for you?" I had quite a long talk with Garry this afternoon. I appear to h...ave won his trust yesterday afternoon. I explained that everyone had been there for him but it seems that holding his hand and providing him with a handkerchief to bite on were the deciding factors. Anyway, one of the boys asked me if I was coming to the Carol Service and proudly told me he was in your choir. Garry asked, quite unprompted, if it. ”“Oh? I thought you said that was the complicated part.”He nodded. “Yeah. It went over somewhere like between a bomb and a large rock. Dickie was in Albany the other day, so I broke it to him and Derrick. The reception was somewhat mixed.” Tina looked at him quizzically. “Dickie thinks I’m the luckiest son of a bitch in town, since he’s seen you and thinks you’re sexy.” Tina blushed. “Derrick thinks I’m an idiot for becoming involved with someone at work.”Tina saw the pain in his face, and. Then I walked into my local one day and there was a new barmaid that had just started, a 23 year old who had a body to die for and was single, she would have no interest in me because I'm in my forties, or so I thought!Over a few weeks we got friendly and a bit flirty with eachother and I still thought it was just a bit of a laugh, although I did want to fuck her!I went in the pub on the Friday for a few drinks and got chatting again and asked her if she was working the next day, yes but only a. There was no point trying to carry her friend away from the darkness. Death was already inside her. There was nothing in the transport that could save her. But even still, she would not leave her friend to the fate that some of the others had faced. She pressed on, knowing that despite the danger they faced Ghok still follow her and risk his life to save her friend’s, because she wanted him to. She did not know how or why, but at this time, she had control over him. She could feel his.