"I wouldn’t be so sure about that, smart ass," replied Simone before turning to her neighbours again "Ok, off you go to wherever you were planning to go. I’ll wait here with Mikey while the young one makes her dash downstairs."

"Stop with the age thing!" Retorted Annabelle laughing "Doesn’t work!" Winking at her she kissed her partner’s lips briefly before running downstairs.

"Thank you so much. You were our last hope."

"It’s okay. Really, it doesn’t bother us at all." Replied Simone.

As they were making their way downstairs, Sarah turned to Simone whispering "Erm, just so you know. The kitchen’s walls. They’re erm, thin. Not that we’re bothered! Just thought you might want to know." Smiling widely, Sarah ran to catch her husband halfway down, leaving Simone getting really red, remembering her past night activities as Annabelle had attacked her while she had been cooking and fucked her senseless on the kitchen counter; against the wall.

Downstairs, Annabelle realized she might as well pick up the mail as they hadn’t done it in a week or so. Looking through the crap and the bills, her eyes fell on a letter with her mother’s hand writing. Staring at it, she made her way up again, using the elevator this time; painting free; before climbing the last floor as the elevator didn’t go up their doorstep.

Absently giving the keys to Simone who opened the door and invited Mike in, she entered and fell on the living room’s couch.

Coming back from the kitchen with orange juice for Mike, Simone saw Annabelle staring at the letter;

"What is it babe?" Sitting next to her, she saw the US official stamp on it. "Why don’t you open it?"

Handing her the letter, Annabelle said "You do it. Please."

Looking at her tenderly, over stressed to have the task to open what would probably be a later of hatred, Simone obliged. Reading the few words rapidly, she had to read them three times in a row to be sure. Coping with her emotions, she saw Annabelle looking at her intensely, trying to read through her expressions.

Biting her lip, Simone handed the letter to Annabelle who read it even more times than Simone before throwing herself in her arms.