I climbed the fence, of course. [ but that's interesting -- roxxon persists come the future. peggy isn't much surprised. sleazebags like hugh jones don't just disappear. not half as often as they should. ]

As for why and how they had his Nitramene -- well, that's a considerably longer story.

[ peggy rises from her chair and crosses over to the (yes) little electric kettle she'd taken to using after he'd suggested so. ]

I can pour us both a cuppa if you want to stay and hear it.