Tempus Genesis
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Jamie, Oliver and Jenny all had their mouths open at the same time as they laughed at the funniest moment of the film. Oliver and Jenny held hands. Jamie had extra attention from Faith one of the beautiful stewardesses. They were having fun and enjoying the start of what Oliver had described as an adventure. Jamie and Oliver had an agreement. The trip was for ten days and this included five days to find Professor Robert John Dyer. Oliver was confident, he knew Dyer was somewhere on the Mekong Delta and whilst the delta was a vast area Dyer was an elderly English man. He would stand out and Oliver also had the photograph of Dyer from David Browns email. Oliver felt sure he would find this man, someone Oliver regarded as a genius. He felt sure Dyer had the key, the detail and the insight, to the puzzle that was Jenny’s regression. Oliver had developed feelings for Jenny, deeper and stronger than he had known before. He feared the regression fits she experienced, she had had one further seizure, milder and shorter lived than the first he witnessed. Oliver did not take her to hospital but waited for ninety minutes as Jenny had planned with him. Jenny was unharmed when she recovered. However, he could tell that beneath her breezy, dizzy, jolly exterior she was frightened. Jenny asked much about Dyer and Oliver told her all he knew. Her keenness to find him barely hid a sense of desperation. Oliver suspected her condition was potentially far graver than Jenny revealed. Having found her he did not want to lose her now, or ever. Anyway, Oliver had the best lead, a firm lead, a location and a photograph, they would find both Dyer and much needed help. And David Brown had provided the first key to begin unlocking the mystery deep within Jenny’s very being.
Oliver sipped some more champagne as the credits on the film rolled. Once this was all over and Jenny was stabilised, he would return to David Browns flat he thought. Oliver would thank him with the gift of another curry and some Carlsberg lager, and a couple of hundred pounds. Why not Oliver thought, David had been very generous with what little he knew.
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