.. 1.5 minutes... 1.25 minutes... 1 minute."Melanie watched the numbers decrease on her screen. "Al, execute atmospheric penetration... now!" Done."Th...e ship's screens flared briefly before the ship's systems compensated."Now," Kevin muttered, "the question is whether they fall for it. Melanie, let me know when we hit 60 miles altitude."Chapter 125ValeriePersonal log (voice), Valerie Dash, Captain of the Mary Celeste,11 am November 3rd, 2006 (ship's time)I looked over the ship and it's crew. All. Taking advantage of helpless women, Mr. French. She thought. Yeah, Mr. Drop Dead Gorgeous Mr. French. But the fact was, she’d thought about him all night. She’d brought herself off so many times, thinking about how he made her feel. She felt alive and disgusted. Cass’s life had been turned upside down. With the loss of her job, boyfriend, and her parents move, she been left with no one to take care of her. No one until the long tall country boy, with his sexy accent and melt in your mouth body. "Thank you." Anytime," Jennifer said, folding her arms around Jen and smiling down.Then, to Dave's shock, they did kiss. Just a quick smooch, like a greeting kiss, except on the lips. They were getting to their feet before he really had time to register what had happened. He glanced over at Will and the other two men. Will's eyes danced with merriment as he grinned. The two men's mouths hung open."We're ready, Will." Jen said, grinning."Enjoy the pass," he said to the other hikers, "we're going. We aren't that serious yet. Every time I try to get serious with Steve the cats seem to sense it and move in. Take last night for example."Yoo hoo...anybody home?" I asked, as I banged on Steve's front door. He'd promised me a hot night in bed and I was there to collect.A scruffy black cat shot out of the pet door and darted past my feet. I rang the doorbell again. I wanted in away from the dozens of green eyes that glowed in the open fields around me. The door flew open, and I jumped. "Thank.