Introduction to Part 4 of Vienna Waltz. She had declared her love and said he only needed to find her and tell her he wanted her to stay. Just one more with the girlfriend please.

He wandered into the bathroom to get her toilet bag and a few personal things like shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste and so on. As he opened the bathroom cabinet he noticed the foil packaging for her birth control pills. By the time he had finished and come downstairs, Catalina had finished her swim and was sitting having a drink with Dima.

St Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco. Pete looked dreadful, with tubes and drips and machines everywhere. Adam smiled a weary smile back at her. I can always have the tests another time.

Two and a half weeks later,. April 2007, Final of the Miami Masters Tournament. He then motioned for a bottle of water from the fridge and took a few sips, before bending down; untying the laces on his trainers; and then fastening them again to just the right tightness. He used the familiar routine tasks to give him time to compose himself and steady his nerves. It was his first final at a Masters event for quite some time.

Sunday morning, Monte Carlo. Marat woke with a raging thirst in his throat and an aching in his limbs. He stretched and looked around him, trying to get his bearings. His head thudded like someone was playing a drum inside it and his eyes took a while to focus. Gradually he took in the familiar objects in the living room of his flat, realising that he must have fallen asleep on the sofa.