[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
OM:
Julia looked at Kat and shrugged, picking up on the woman's tone with a
slight worried expression of her own and answering "Derek's downstairs, can
I help?"
She hoped it wasn't something bad, especially for Kat to hear and so smiled
apologetically and closed off the com as she gently took the phone and
spoke into it "What's wrong?"
NM
Ria did not know exactly what was wrong. She bit nervously into her lip and
glanced back at the car still parked by the Elizabethan house. Edwin had gone
inside. "I made a mistake," she said. She did not know if the person on the
other line could hear her but knew she was not talking to the woman alone.
Tears welled up in her eyes and Ria fought hard to control them breathing
steadily before finally speaking, "I need a ride,"
