‘Excuse me Miss Fairbanks it seems we have a breach of the perimeter, a blonde woman, early thirties.’ Louis shot over to the screen where his colleague was scrutinising.

‘What the hell is she doing here?’ By now Dana’s attention had been caught and she ran over to view what the fuss was about, slightly nervous that she was going to have to hurt someone. Looking at the screen for herself, she would not have believed the figure if she had not seen her with her own eyes.

‘I have no idea, but I’m going to find out,’ the brunette said with steely determination permeating her voice.

‘You sure you don’t want me to come with you?’ Louis asked, more than willing, especially for this case. Dana eyed up the computer again, the woman was now knocking quite hard on the door and peering in the windows for any sign of life.

‘I’ll be fine, just keep an eye out.’ She set down her glass and breathed in heavily. This was a blast from the past she was unprepared for. She didn’t know whether she wanted to scream at the woman, punch her or kiss her with unabashed abandon. Figuring out she’d just go with what felt right she exited the room and walked through the long corridor to the front door. She caught the attention of the intruder as she sauntered up and unlatched the several locks, disdain written all over her face as she swayed it open and stared for a few seconds.

‘What are you doing here?’ The other woman cocked her eyebrow up in surprise, she knew she perhaps wasn’t the most welcome visitor but did not expect a reception so icy.

‘Is that reserved for me or do you greet all your guests like this?’ She didn’t even wait for a response before walking past Dana and into the hall. ‘It’s cream now, used to be red’. She made the acknowledgement before turning around to face the bitter woman behind. They locked eyes, transfixed by the presence of the other, oh yes, that chemistry was still very prominent and pervading through both as they tried to control their hormones.