If it doesn't, then we'll have to look allover again. Is that OK by you?"I agreed, apparently reluctantly, although inside my heart waspounding. Alex ...and Colin seemed not to care. After all they had bothgot what they wanted. The only difference between them and me was that,although I had got what I wanted as well, I didn't dare let themrealise that that was so. I could tell that Miss Phillips knew exactlywhat was going on.Rehearsals were soon underway. We went through all the usual stuff,. He is a man in his fifth decade but slim of figure, dark as are all the lords of Darrakhai, and naked but for a string of red sardonyx at his throat. By the light of the lamps I see that he is scarred; the veteran no doubt of many battles. I stare at him but remain still. Bathed as I am in lamplight, I know that my green eyes will appear dark – unfathomable, my hair; like a black storm cloud; my skin, like the fine ivory of the Talfan delta. I feel his eyes on my face.“Remove your garments.”I. "You're pathetic," Jamie said."You didn't have to knock," I told Christine when I opened the door. "It's not like I wasn't expecting you, and you do have your own key."I had given her a key to the apartment before she left, just in case I wasn't here when they got back. I took the little cat carrier that was the only piece of luggage she had brought in with her. I'm sure there was supposed to be some kind of joke there, but I let it go."I know, it's just ... this is all a little strange, and. Now or never was the chance to prove herself."So we're partners in this, right?" Right. I'll keep you posted." Ellen? Thank you for thinking of me. You are a true friend."They ended the call and Josie sat still for a minute or two. Then she got up and left her office."Elisa, drop everything you're doing. Clear my schedule for at least two weeks. I will see Ed this afternoon, and he'll bear the flag for a while. I need you to find the address and phone number of John Solomon, from Nice Price..