“I thought you might want some breakfast.”She eyed the food for a moment, then a smirk brightened her groggy expression, and she took up the fork....“You’re gonna give me diabetes, kid. By the way, do you ... happen to know where my clothes are?”“Probably still in the living room,” he replied, “I’ll go fetch them for you.”“Wait,” she said, talking with a forkful of scrambled eggs in her mouth. “What time is it?”“It’s about four in the afternoon,” he said as he paused by the door, “I guess we got. Nevertheless to control costs we agreed on just a smartcleaner's smock in either pink or grey with our new 'J & J' logo onthe left breast, worn with smart black leggings which the girls had toprovide themselves.Staff were allowed to wear maid's dresses, but they would have to payfor them themselves, so no one else did. I was therefore the only J &J employee who wore a maid's uniform. Sally arranged to have the logoadded to all my dresses. (I wore a smock and leggings too wheneverthe client. Our equipment arrived the next day and Alistair was impressed with the rifle I had chosen for him as well as all the other stuff. We were ready to go and I checked and rechecked all the dates so I was sure that we would be at the site on time. I told Richard and he suggested we move to the site the evening before after dark so as not to draw attention to us. To this I agreed.Three — The departureAlistair and I were all packed and ready by five thirty with the gear we were taking for the women. — We were waiting for you; we have to take the horses into the pen.— Where are the others?— I do not know. Sue said she would go to the bathroom. Forget it. Lamia, bring the warehouse key please.To go to the warehouse, I had to go all the way to the stables, a long open hallway. Resigned, I walk down the hall; at the end of it, I heard Sue’s voice calling me: — Hey Lam, do you want to see something? Shh, come in silence. I approach to the place where the voice came from and entered the stable..
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