He looked annoyed for a brief moment but regained his composure before asking, “In what way?”

I took a deep breath and responded quickly and quietly,“I don’t want a breast enlargement.”

"The way I see it, Stephanie is that either I suspend you from work and maybe even call the police or....," he paused to stare at my face, before moving his hands off the desk.

I heard the noise of a zip being moved.

"Not all the time, as you know." I whispered in Amarjit's ear as we made our way up the stairs…

My girlfriend turned to look at me, "So 'fess, Josie, how'd you end up here last night and why're you so, well how do I say....."

"Looking such a mess?" I ventured, to complete Rachel's sentence.

"Yep, 'fraid so, so what happened?" she asked.

"Quick Mum phone the police now," I urged, "our combined weights and over four inches of wood is not going to hold him up for long."

"Do it Mum, now!" said Taran as she pushed as hard as she could, standing next to me.

Mum dialed the numbers.

I leant forward and gave him a little peck on the cheek............

Before he could say anything else I had jumped in the back of the car next to my sister.

"Quick Mum, drive off!" I whispered.

"Before Alun gets over the shock of the kiss," said my sister, laughing until I gave her a vicious prod in the side.

'OK, why do you have to go to a safe house?'

'Those guys I saw are psychos'

'OK, I see, let's talk tomorrow, I need to sleep now, Josie love, be safe.'

'It's OK, I'm in good hands, sleep well, Rachel sweetie.'

"Oh god Celyn I was going to tell you but I didn't know how to," she said, speaking rapidly," please don't hate me for this."

"For what?" I asked, astonished by her reaction, my mind racing over all the possible bad people my sister could be anticipating having a relationship with. I hoped her potential paramour wasn't a drug dealer, axe murderer or terrorist. I supposed rugby player might be OK as long as he could get free tickets for the 'Internationals'.*

"It's Grace," she said in response.

I looked at her for a few seconds, nonplussed. Finally all the cogs in my brain finally engaged and I responded," Grace as in a Grace the girl?!"

"Not bad make-up but I think I need to touch up your eye-liner, have a seat and let me finish you off," she replied," and you need to pull the zip of the top down a bit."
     
"But I feel so exposed like this, Taran," I said after my sister had revealed a little of my boobs," do I have to?"
     
"It's a precaution, I explained yesterday," she replied," in case we meet any of my friends from school today who knows you as a boy."

There was a some loud applause and then the hypnotic intro to 'Can't get you out of my head' started.

I danced on the stage, moving my body in rhythm to the beat while taking the mic from Karen and launching into the song.

'La..la..la.....' I began and soon everyone joined in," la...la...la..la..la...."

"Josie, you must do this, you're an eyewitness to what happened," Rachel insisted as she followed me," please promise me you'll phone."

"I'm sorry I'll have to dash, I'll phone you later," I said....