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“Where e?” Derek said as the waiter left them

“Do you know?” Davina smiled widely “I just realised that I know very little about you How did you get into the business? Where did you study? What did you work on before Brighton Buzz?”

Derek gave her an indulgent s the centre of attention

“Well, if you must know,” he started

Davina congratulated herself on a game well played They were on Derek’s favourite topic – himself This should kill at least an hour She settled in to nod and smile at appropriate intervals

“Where is she?” Jack demanded

He pulled hilowered in Marianne’s direction Usually he was inti Usually It didn’t help that she wouldn’t open the door and he had to call up to her as she hung out of the first floor

“Out,” she said stubbornly

“I know she’s out,” Jack said with forced patience “I need to knohere”

“Why? I thought your days of stalking her were over?”

Jack counted to ten Then twenty Then gave the whole counting thing up It was a load of crap anyway

“In about five seconds I’ to rip the door open, come up there and squeeze the infor out thatby your ankles, tell me where Davy is”

Marianne wasn’t the only one who could be scary She seemed paler when she opened her mouth to speak

“She’s at the Oaks”

That was more like it