Dear Reader, It has always fascinated me when two people see each other for the first time and immediately know they are going to be close friends - and yet, it also works the other way when two strangers can take an immediate dislike to one another and be instant enemies. How this chemistry in all of us comes about I do not know? However what happens when new relationships conflict with the old? What happens when a bad attitude turns to irrational behavior? This is a story about such events. The beauty of a loving illicit relationship, the hate generated by jealousy, the flippant viewpoint of an escapee - all these perceptions come together to make a stunning thrilling story