#16891 - His skin was somewhere between chocolate and fudge and she thought what a contrast that would make to her tanned smooth complexion and auburn bobbed cut. As she spoke in salutation upon introduction to Mr Hopkins she could not help but notice the glint in his eyes and the long drawn inspection as he looked at her from head to toe. Thermometers were at rising steadily as the morning progressed and the TV news Rachel viewed as she prepared for another managerial day in the office of a aeronautical firms engineering section near one of the cities major airports warned travellers of problems caused on the roads and trains by the unexpected heat wave that gripped the country and took everyone by surprise.