But the eyes had also been rather unremarkable, hadn't they? And didn't Darren's eyes have something, perhaps even a great deal, to do with why she had made this trip in the first place? Hadn't she decided, after a great deal of close study, that they were the eyes of a man who would behave himself? A man who would back off if you told him to back off? Widely spaced, clear eyes in a goodlooking - if unremarkable - face. She could not help comparing Nick Hopewell's eyes with the eyes in the pictures which Darren Crosby had sent her. Nick gazed at her for a moment, and she dropped her eyes at once. Be careful what you pray for, because you just might get it.ĭon returned with a red-and-white-checked tablecloth in each fist. Something she had read years ago suddenly popped into Laurel's mind. And here she was, proving Tolkien right - she had stepped out of her own door last evening, just the same as always, and look where she had ended up: a strange and dreary version of Fantasyland. Well, she had wanted to have an adventure, just one adventure, before middle-age settled in for keeps. Bob Jenkins stepped away from him the moment he began to move, even though the revolver was now safely tucked into the waistband of Brian Engle's pants, and Laurel did the same, pulling Dinah with her. 'My patience with you has run out.'Ĭraig groaned and waved his hands feebly. 'Start again, mate, and I'll stave them in,' Nick said grimly. 'Do you have to be so rough?' Laurel asked sharply. They made Laurel feel shivery, and there was nothing romantic in the feeling.īob looked at him, dazed and unbelieving. There was no confusion in Nick Hopewell's eyes. 'You had just got to the part about Flight 29 being like the Mary Celeste. He might have been an interested lecture-goer instead of a man sitting on a table in a deserted airport restaurant with his feet planted beside a bound man lying in a pool of his own blood. Craig uttered a pained grunt and shut up. He drove a short, hard kick into Craig's ribs. Then Nick did something that shocked all of them, even those who had seen the Englishman twist Craig's nose like the handle of a bathtub faucet. He put the center of it in his mouth, clamping his teeth on it to keep it from unwinding, and used his hands to flip Craig over like a human omelette. He took one of them and spun it quickly and expertly into a rope. 'It turned out all right, Dinah.' Then she looked out at the empty terminal and her own words mocked her. But sometimes you found yourself in one of those tiresome situations where the truth could no longer be avoided, and Laurel reckoned the truth to be this: she had chosen Darren Crosby because his pictures and letters had told her he wasn't much different from the placid boys and men she had been dating ever since she was fifteen or so, boys and men who would learn quickly to wipe their feet on the mat before they came in on rainy nights, boys and men who would grab a towel and help with the dishes without being asked, boys and men who would let you go if you told them to do it in a sharp enough tone of voice. The Zonda achieved a final $6,812,000, surpassing the current record for the model at auction.She had boarded Flight 29 telling herself that this was her great adventure, her one extravagant tango with romance - an impulsive transcontinental dash into the arms of the tall, dark stranger. The top result at the RM Sotheby’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019 auction went to the 2017 Pagani Zonda Aether, a hypercar fitted with a six-speed manual transmission and a host of unique features. Maarten ten Holder, Head of Europe & Chief Auctioneer, RM Sotheby’s commented: “To be hammering down some of the most desirable cars in Formula 1 racing history on the starting grid of the 2019 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a benchmark moment for RM Sotheby’s as it confirmed the launch of a successful and mutually rewarding partnership alongside Formula 1.” Held in collaboration with Formula 1, RM Sotheby’s debut Middle East sale featured a lineup of 40 cars, ranging from victorious Grand Prix racers to modern hypercars. The RM Sotheby’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019 auction was staged 30 November on the starting grid at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, resulting in $31,263,000 in total sales and a 58 percent sell-through rate.
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