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shook his head. "Next week you will know. But the fact that you and Milly are going along with you is serious. "" Well, I think so. "" Well ... I've been thinking about that - of course it's just a possibility - depending on what you're going to do. Where are they sent? "" Yes, I think. "" What? "" That's crazy. "" What a crazy family together. "Xan protested. "I want to live with my little family. Now you can confirm that. "" Sorry three years ago you did not know that. "" I wish you knew, "Xan said. "Please consider that." "I have already considered. I have a lot of ties here, Xan - work and personal - I have family and friends ... "Suddenly I thought of Jamie. "Milly has her life and friends here. Your offer is too late. "I picked up Milly's writing pad and wrote No where on and now here at the bottom. That's what I want to say to Xan. "We'll go back to this topic," Xan said as I cleared them off. "What are we doing with Milly tonight? It's being quarantined so I can not go to the park. "" I think you can play with it for a while then give it a bath, go to sleep, then Luisa will turn you over at night. "" Need a babysitter? "" Because you're going to have to go out. "" Well, "grumbled her eyes. "I guess going with Paddy." "With Patrick," I corrected. "Yes. Go with your very kind and patient boyfriend, Patrick. We will go to the movies. "" It's romantic, "he said bitterly." But first I had to do some work. Milly, I play with you for a while, okay? "" Yes! "He pushed the bike out of the garden. "Come on Daddy!" I went up to the study room, opened the window and sat at the drawing board, sketched the manuscript for Morea's garden, Milly's laugh laughing from under the garden. Design took so long that it shocked me with Mark's story, anger for my dad, and concern for his future, as well as my frustration for Luisa. And the concern is finding someone to replace it. When I drew, layout, measured and imagined the position of the trees in the garden, how many troubles in me suddenly disappeared. I sat there for almost an hour, concentrating high, and then I hear the bells. I ran down the stairs but Xan was there. "Patrick?" I sit down on the bottom platform. "I think I'll meet at the movie theater." "Yeah. I want to talk to Xan. "" With Xan? "I repeated. Xan and Patrick stood facing each other across the doorstep. Xan stepped to the side and leaned against the wall in the living room. "Why would you want to talk to Xan?" I asked lazily. So, but I feel I have to say, because ... "Patrick took out a letter in his pocket. "He sent me today." I turned to look at Xan, "did you send him a letter? Patrick gave me the letter: Stay away from my family ... there is something about you that I do not believe ... I do not approve of the letter. The relationship between you and Anna ... I will not leave you ... I stare at Xan. "What the hell are you thinking? It's ridiculous! "Whenever Milly appeared, I lowered my voice." How do you know where Patrick lives? I never told you! "Xan shrugged. "I left my notebook at the table." "Do you look at my notebook? You do have that right. "" You got three messages from him, too, "Patrick said. "The smell of threat." "You kidding," I shouted. "What does the message say? Milly, I'm out for a while, not long. "He did not budge." That kind of thing, "Patrick said. "Keep him away, and call him a" stalker "and a" pickpocket ", sort of like that." "Scound," Milly mimicked. I see Patrick pause. "I go out to the garden," I ordered Milly and turned to look at Xan. "I can not believe you did that. I think you are a delicate and intelligent person and not a mad jealous! "Xan did not say anything. I was surprised to see Patrick not angry, but rather calm and self-control. "Marshall, if I get any similar words from you," he said slowly, "then my lawyer will talk to you." "My lawyer will also talk to you. "Xan replied. "I have the right to keep you away." "It's crazy, Xan." I said. "I ... lost that right!" "No, I have not lost," Xan rejected my words. That's right, Anna, you found it. He found his family - we are one, would be so if Patrick behaved and retreated, so he had to reiterate his simple request that he stay away. He did not allow him to take Milly out. It's your baby and you do not allow it. "I gasped. "You have no right to give that command. Daughter, go to the garden to go baby. Mr. Patrick was right, "I hissed as Milly was out in the hall, looking back with a bewildered look. He abandoned me when I was pregnant, nearly three years he did not see Milly, so now he found out that he likedI live like a lost lion trying to protect my honor. "" I'm afraid I feel this way, "Xan muttered." But you can not go back dancing here and there. Apparently a man of the family as if we are living together. We do not live together, Xan. "" But we can, "he grumbled. "I'm sure we can if you're not paired with ..." Swinging his thumb at Patrick. "Patrick did not touch me," I said aloud. "He behaved well - not like you. He refrained - not like him. If you write to him anymore, I will not let you meet Milly any more. "I picked up my bag. "Now Patrick and I will be out. He stayed here until eight hours when Luisa came home. Remember to remind Milly to brush her teeth. "I went out to the garden and kissed Milly goodbye. That night I could not sleep, so close to the morning to take a nap. I dreamed that Xan and Patrick were playing tug of war with me and Milly was the rope. The ringing of the phone rang me up. I hope not the two of you call. "Anna, are you?" Jamie. "Are you up?" "Yes," I grumbled. "I mean, not yet ..." I looked at my watch. It's seven-forty-five. I heard Milly talk to some bear toys in the garden. "I fell asleep. What's wrong with you? "" My pickup was bleeding. I can not drive it. "" Oh, "I jerked off my bed. "So it's so old then?" I reached for my nightgown. "Maybe you should buy a new one to fit in." "Yes, maybe. A Bentley Continental, for example. Listen, I need a lawn mower, so can you drive me to the rental shop - nine o'clock they open the door - and then to Eden? " About eight o'clock in the morning I come to look at Milly so I will pick him up at eight-fifteen. "I put my phone down and thought to myself why he did not borrow Thea's car. "Sorry, I'm late. I have a sleepless night. "" Me too, "he replied softly. Jamie's eyes were heavy and his skin was gray. "I came in for a while - I'm not ready yet." I hope to meet Thea when she enters the house, or at least hear her voice but the house is empty. " I asked and followed Jamie down to the kitchen. "Yes," Jamie said. "Thea was gone." Then he locked the back door. "But not a business trip. It's always going to happen. "" What? "Jamie plopped into the chair, his white face showing fatigue and despair. "She's gone," whispered Jamie. "I feel ..." "Jamie," I comforted. Jamie raised her left hand to cover her face. "I feel like a fool." I sat down next to him. "I knew something was wrong - even after she reassured me about that Percy man, my hunch was that there was something wrong but I did not want to believe it." What's wrong? "Jamie nodded. "When?" "The day before." "What ... what?" Jamie sighed. "A letter was sent to Thea from the Cliveden Hotel." Jamie looked up at me. "Did you know it?" "I ... heard it." "One of its head open and something is about to come loose so I pull it out. It's a silk sleeping jacket. At first I thought Thea had ordered over the phone. But then I opened the box and saw a card from the hotel, thanking Thea for asking for lost things and apologizing for delaying sending it to her. The card also added that they hoped Thea would feel comfortable staying there and thirteen days and hoping her next visit. "" Oh my god. "" That night when Thea came back I asked her have been to cliveden yet Thea replied not. I gave her a card and a card. Thea blushed but did not explain any

words. "" How did she say nothing? "" She still did not want to discuss that - although we both knew she would have been out of it that day. You have to go to Cape Town. "" You said you brought Thea to the airport. "" Yes. But now I understand why she does not want me to do that. Thea kept saying he did not want to bother me and that she was going to go by taxi but I insisted I did not have to worry. Anyway, I still question her about her nightgown and we had a fight, then Thea put all the stuff in a bag and left. "" That happened two nights ago? ""Yes. Then around eight o'clock last night I heard the door beating. I opened and saw Andrew Barraclough's wife standing there - I do not know why. She broke loose and waved me like a madman, she told me to control my wife. "" Andrew Barraclough? "" The guy who lived on the other side of the street. The guy who behaved strangely at the Edward party. He went to Bentley Continental. "I glared at Jamie. Jamie buryed his head in his hands. "I'm always worried that Thea will pair with a foreign guy during his overseas trips. And yet, she has been stealing from the same guy who is forty yards away from us. "Jamie looked up. "I was left with a fist