3.11 Outside, the sky had clouded over and there were spatters of rain. The moment choir practice had finished Heather rushed off to see a client. Left alone on the pavement, Yvette’s life seemed suddenly empty. The rain began to fall heavily, so she headed to Myer’s department store for shelter. Browsing aimlessly, she wandered downstairs and found herself in the men’s department. There, as she stood by a row of smart shirts, she had to fight off a craving for a meat pie. It was her latest impulse, one she found revolting and certainly emanating from the beings inside her, leaving her wondering what sort of uncouth blaggards she was spawning. Then, as the craving faded, she felt an all-consuming urge to sit down. Breathless, she walked on a few paces and clutched the edge of a table dis

