Way to ratchet up the tension, Nan! This is great. I like how you have Ellen's thought processes -- we know she's in danger, but only because we know things she doesn't. From her perspective, she's being nervous over nothing.

I am glad she's wearing flat shoes now. And the tear gas may come in handy, too.

Post more!!! smile

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K