Dolphin Hall, D-1, 4th Floor, Oxford, England; Sunday evening

[mparkerceo]

Parker had stopped swearing in Chinese and started swearing in Russian four hours ago. Elisabeth and Stella were hiding in the kitchen, because they were going out to party in an hour, and Nourhane had already left with Selim. Parker could not go out. Parker had a presentation to finish, and the obsessive need to come up with a plan to track Jarod without catching Jarod. Getting a big velvet Valentine from him with To the Queen of Mean on it hadn't helped her mood.

Grrr. Valentine's Day. Bah.

[expecting one!]