She unlocked the doorand took the key out of the lock, then opened the door and looked bothways. Seeing the coast was clear she hefted her small suit...case in herhand, stepped outside, locked the door and strode confidently down theplatform towards the exit.She showed the official stamp to the NCO standing at the exit gate andhe waved her through. He followed the curve of her buttocks and herlong legs down the street until she disappeared in the throng.He checked his watch. Another three hours. “Even if you don’t love to go,” Henry grinned into the camera, “you’ll love having an extra place TO go!”Pete asked a few questions to ascertain how things were going, but then he lost no time in getting to work himself. There was a safety railing which needed to be assembled for the loft. Pete paused a moment to look into the camera.“We’ll wait until the loft is furnished to install this railing,” he explained. “That way we can move things in more quickly. Of course we have to have a railing. She'd obviously never lost anyone she'd loved, because I'd lost my fear of death long ago, when I was nine years old. It was life that the girl should be afraid of, I thought, and I wondered if she was afraid of God too.The pole was a central stanchion, one of several pillars upon which the house was built. It was the smooth and ancient trunk of a redwood tree, I thought, although the wood had turned black with age so that it was impossible to tell. Audrey stepped to it, pressing her thin body. ‘My poor diet and lack of exercise is the cause of this. None of this is because you refused to talk to me. You were hurt, angry, and I understand why. I would be just as angry if I were you. I don’t know who sent that note, and I don’t really care. As long as Shane loves you and is good to you, and to your children when G-d blesses you with them, that is all that is important to me,’ Peter added. ‘I love you daddy,’ Ayla whispered as she leaned over to give her father a hug. ‘I love you too.