PART I Sue placed her coffee cup back on her saucer with a sharp crack and rubbed her eyes vigorously.PART I Sue placed her coffee cup back on her saucer with a sharp crack and rubbed her eyes vigorously. Reading for a long period of time always made her eyes hurt and the minuscule print of the Sunday Times was even worse. She flicked a lock of auburn hair away from her face and picked the paper up off the table to make sure her exhausted eyes had not deceived her. Then she lounged back in the sofa and reread the advertisement for the third time. "Five thousand pounds." She whispered hesitantly as though the figures would disappear from the page should she speak too loudly. "Five thousand pounds for less than three months work." Sue would have discarded the whole thing as rubbish had it not been offered by a very prestigious London firm, well known for integrity and professionalism. She made two large rings on the paper with a red felt pen and rose from the couch. The sun hit her from the left as she opened the french doors and walked out onto the balcony of her London flat. Her lovely face broke into a smile and she threw her arms back to go into a firm stretch that might shake the cobwebs loose. "You'll have the coppers on your tail if you keep that up, luv," Harry chirped from the street down below. He was getting into his car but had paused to admire the view. "Honestly!" Sue said, smiling down at her handsome neighbor. "You British guys get more thrills from a girl in a nightgown and a pair of panties than one in a bikini." She was really fond of her neighbor. She moved over to the railing and rested her elbows on it. "On you way to work?" "Yeah, if I still have a job. |