The Delicate Touch

Th? tr?m lumbering ?l?ng G?rtrud? Street came t? a ?udd?n ?t?? as a drunk?n m?n ?n h?? f?rt??? lur?h?d ?ut ?n fr?nt ?f ?t waving h?? hands ?nd ?h?ut?ng something ?n fluent Drunkenese. The tram driver rang the bell frantically t? n? ?v??l as the man ??nt?nu?d gesticulating, he pirouetted slowly to the applause ?f two t??n?g?r? wh?l?t a m?r? ??v??-m?nd?d man stepped onto th? r??d, holding ?ut his hand t? stop tr?ff?? as he yelled ?t th? m?n t? g?t off th? r??d. "But for the gr??? of G?d," St?ll? murmur?d as ?h? gl?n??d at h?r phone, it h?d b????d ??x times ?n th? l??t f?ft??n m?nut?? but ?nl? one ?f th? n?t?f???t??n? h?d br?ught a ?m?l? t? h?r face. Ev?? I'm almost th?r?, ?r? we ?t?ll meeting ?n th? Bu?ld?r? Arms? Stella: W? ?ur? ?r?, I'm in a window ???t, wearing a bl??k ?u?t. Ev??'? reply w?? a ??m?l? thumb? u? ?? ?h? d?dn't kn?w what Ev?? was w??r?ng but she had the picture ?n h?r phone th?t ?h?w?d a tw?nt?-??m?th?ng woman w?th dark br?wn hair and brown ?k?n. She looked as ?f she ??m? from A???n ?t??k, she h?d th? right colouring but features w?r? d??t?n?tl? Caucasian. St?ll?'? ???? shifted ?? thr?? ????l? exited th? tr?m, two w?r? men but the th?rd was a woman ?n a l?ght grey ?k?rt ?u?t ?nd ??nk bl?u??. She h?ld h?r h??r back ?g??n?t the w?nd gusting down th? street bringing th? dust ?nd gr?m? fr?m ?th?r parts ?f the ??t?. A Coke ??n r?ll?d ???t h?r f??t and ?h? stepped around ?t as she l??k?d up and d?wn th? ?tr??t, finally ???tt?ng the ?r??m? ?xt?r??r ?f th? ?ub wh?r? St?ll? w?? ??tt?ng. She gl?n??d ?t th? fr?nt ?f the tr?m ?? a ????nd m?n crossed th? street to h?l? th? good Samaritan tr??ng t? g?t the drunk ?ff the r??d. A f?w m?m?nt? l?t?r ?h? ?r????d th? ?tr??t to th? ??v?m?nt ?nd ?w?ng?ng r?ght, walked t?w?rd? the ?ub. St?ll? ?tud??d h?r as ?h? ??m? ???t the window, ?h? wasn't l??k?ng ?t th? w?nd?w? ?? ?h? h??d?d f?r the d??r. Read through the novel to know more!!!