SHE stepped out of the darkness into a soft pool of orange light that highlighted her distinctive East European features.

The room was silent save for the low hum of the air-conditioning which was working overtime to keep at bay the hot summer sun.

Although her eyes betrayed her fear and anger, she lifted her head up proudly and walked slowly towards me.

Her stunning good looks were shrouded by long, slightly wavy black hair and she had a body to die for. Her hips, incased in skin-tight black trousers, swayed gently as she edged closer.

I stood still. She looked at me with pleading eyes and I turned my head away. She moved closer and brought her red-painted lips up to my right ear.

And in a husky voice, she whispered: “B*stard.”

That’ll teach me to roll the cue-ball up behind the blue to snooker Poland’s number two woman player Malgorzata Sikorska in the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association mixed pairs tournament in Cambridge.