15th February, 44 B.C.
Cassie and Cindy waited, impatient and angry in equal measure. They'd persuaded their boyfriends, big brutes called Mark and Declan, to come too.
"See Julia – see her?" Cassie growled, "I'm gonnae sort her proper."
An hour later there was no sign of Julia.
"Did she get the message, Cindy?" Cassie asked, irritated.
Cindy wasn't very bright. "I told her… The Forum, Ides of February, 3.00 p.m."
"Aw ya dope, the Ides are the 13th this month – dae yez no' ken that?"
"Saw-ree," flounced Cindy, sulkily. "There's always next month. Or it could wait till the Fall."
Cassie and Cindy waited, impatient and angry in equal measure. They'd persuaded their boyfriends, big brutes called Mark and Declan, to come too.
"See Julia – see her?" Cassie growled, "I'm gonnae sort her proper."
An hour later there was no sign of Julia.
"Did she get the message, Cindy?" Cassie asked, irritated.
Cindy wasn't very bright. "I told her… The Forum, Ides of February, 3.00 p.m."
"Aw ya dope, the Ides are the 13th this month – dae yez no' ken that?"
"Saw-ree," flounced Cindy, sulkily. "There's always next month. Or it could wait till the Fall."
