Right in the centre of the huge room stood an old, butbeautifully preserved, four poster bed, not only was it? beautiful to look at, the bed was themo...st comfortable Eve had ever slept on. The rent was very low, but after seeingthe apartment, she totally forgot to ask why, she just felt agreat need to have the place, and it wouldn't have mattered if the rent wasfive or five thousand dollars, Eve would have taken it. As therewere no over looking buildings Eve had become accustomed to walking. ‘Stamford arms?’ ‘Nah. Don’t fancy the Stamford,’ I say. His local was where we’d met, the first time I’d tried to drown my sorrows. It was not a happy night and best forgotten. ‘Bar None at eight, then?’ ‘Yeah. See you there.’ I reach into the box and pull out a packet of photos. Do I want to look? Do I want the heartache? Whilst I’m fiddling with them, trying to make up my mind, the packet comes open and they fall into my lap. Her picture is on the top. The sight of her face hits me like a. ”Dylan grinned at him, and shook his hand, before darting a glance to his side as he said, “We have an audience, so I was caught a little off-guard.”John darted a look in the same direction, and saw half a dozen men in orange jumpsuits, which identified them as belonging to one of Port Megara’s maintenance teams. They all jumped to attention when he looked their way, saluting him with enthusiasm. He saluted them back reflexively, then smiled at Calara’s brother and said, “I would have thought. Though the two accountants were a few years older than me, being twenty-four at the time, I made an effort to keep the business young and vibrant, employing younger staff who I thought possessed potential and desire to improve. One of my accountants came in to my office one morning and presented an argument that there was a need to employ another assistant because as our client base was building an extra pair of hands was required or the standard and speed of service we offered would start to.
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