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A few days later Paige woke early. It was a cool morning but the sun streamed in through the window promisingly. She was happy to find that she felt better than she had in a while. She left her bedroom and went downstairs to the kitchen. She wasn't surprised to see Piper already awake and cooking breakfast.

Piper smiled at her as she took a seat at the table, "Morning, You're up early!" She poured her a cup of coffee and passed it to her.

"Speak for yourself! Are you going somewhere?"

"Yeah, I've got to go to the club. Someone's screwed up some paper work so I have to go and straighten everything out." She picked up the frying pan and slid an omelette onto a plate, followed by a couple of slices of toast. Handing the plate to Paige she picked up her bag and keys. "I'll see you in a bit. I shouldn't be too long, a couple of hours at the most. Will you be ok here on your own?"

Paige looked up sharply, "What do you mean 'on my own'? Where's Phoebe?"

Piper looked uncomfortable, "She had to go to work, you know what her boss is like… I can stay if you want me to or you could come with me?"

Paige shook her head, "Nah, I'll be fine. Just lock the door. I'll orb to you if there's any trouble." Piper didn't move. She looked worried. "Honestly! I'll be fine!"

"Ok then but if I'm not back by lunchtime I want you to ring me so I know you're ok."

Paige looked puzzled, "I thought you said it would only take a couple of hours?"

"Well, it should but I don't really know until I get there. I don't know how screwed up the papers are."

"Right ok then. Not a problem." She saw that Piper still looked doubtful, "Piper! Will you just go already? I'll be fine! I'll ring you at noon if you're not back now get going!"

"Ok, ok! Jeez!" Piper grinned and waved then left, locking the door behind her.

As soon as Paige heard Piper's car drive off she started to worry, "Ok, Paige, calm down… Stop being a baby!" She found that she couldn't finish the omelette and threw it in the bin.

She stood still for a moment, shivering at how eerily quiet the house was. A pipe groaned from somewhere nearby and a floorboard creaked. Paige found herself starting to panic and wrapped her arms round herself. She decided she'd feel better if she kept busy so she started making her way up to the attic to work on new ideas for vanquishing Cole.

Meanwhile…

Piper pulled up outside the club to find her manager waiting outside.

"Thank God you're here, Piper! Some of the contracts have gone missing, the financial charts have all been messed up and it looks like we have a rodent problem!"

"What! Okay, start at the beginning… Who was the last person to handle the contracts?"

The manager looked flustered, "You were! I don't know what you've done with them but the band we had booked for tonight is refusing to play without it!"

"Ok, the contracts should be in my office, if they're not then I will ring the band's manager and try and sort something out. What were you saying about the financial charts?"

"Well, they're just completely messed up. They're all in the wrong order, some are missing… It's a nightmare."

"But I sorted them myself just last week! How did they get messed up?" The manager shrugged so she quickly got on to the subject of the other problem, "And how the hell have we got rodents? We can't open the club if there's a rodent infestation! It goes against health and safety!"

"I don't know but you need to sort it. I have to go home, my wife's ill." Without a backwards glance he sauntered off to his car.

"What? Wait! I-" The manager slammed his door closed and drove off, "This is going to be a long day…"

Phoebe sat in Elise's office unsure what to say. Elise had just informed her that the database had crashed and all her work was gone.

"But… But that took me hours to do! All my letters are on there, my replies, my research!"

Elise shrugged, "Sorry, but there's nothing I can do. You should have made copies of everything. All you can do is rewrite it all."

"Rewrite it! Do you have any idea how long that'll take!"

Elise took a deep breath and said quietly, "Do you have any idea what'll happen to your job if you don't?"

Phoebe got up and left the office without another word. Storming into her own office, she slammed the door shut behind her. She looked at the stacks of unopened envelopes on her desk. "This is going to be a long day…"