"Where's Marcus?" said Jim, since he could hear no other noises in the house. "He had to catch a plane, so he called a cab this morning at 6:30," mumb...led Jessica. She turned and looked at her husband with doleful eyes. She shuffled back to him, placed her coffee cup on the table and hugged his neck with both arms. "I'm so sorry Jim. I've behaved like a horrible tramp," she whispered. "But it was something I just had to have!" Jim's silence said volumes about his feelings. She hugged tighter and. I looked to see if the driver of the aforementioned vehicle was waiting to pounce. I suddenly felt vulnerable as an empathy towards women walking alone washed over me. All was quiet. These were the days when mobile phones were a wonder of science fiction, so it would have been normal for someone to use a public phone box. Which I did. I entered the glass-panelled red box and simulated a telephone call, all the time watching for anything or anyone that would give cause for concern. It occurred. " No, you wait." Raymond interjected, as Mitch's hand clamped down on hershoulder, leering face too close to hers. "After we learnt about yourcheating, and 'accidentally' having sex off birth control with poor Mitchhere..." Mitch failed totally to look hard done by, or even look up fromher cotton clad chest. "... we wondered what else might not be kosher. So Ipopped round to Steve's old job on behalf on his folks, and guess what?No will."His voice was steady, but he looked intense, excited.. “I’m sending him that picture the day after I lock him out of the house,” she said with a smirk. She put her phone away and came back to talk some more. “So you’re really okay with him and me fooling around?” she asked Jane uncertainly.Jane nodded. “It’s not like you’re doing it behind my back,” she said. “I go to college in Chicago, so I can’t exactly be here for him on a regular basis. I have someone I can fool around with back there and John has you for now.”“You do? And John’s okay with.