Both the girls were talking about school and boys and i just nodded and stared. Kim settled back a little and her skirt opened a bit and I could almos...t see....yes, I could see all the way up her bare thighs to the crotch of her panties. Oh she looked so good. "So, how about you?" Kim said. "Huh?" I said guiltily as i moved my eyes from her crotch. "Do you have a girlfriend?" "Me? No, I don't believe in monogamy. Plus, I'm always on the road so I don't really spend much time in one. You’re not here to start trouble are ye?”Well, the barman knew him. A small buzz of talk between sips commenced.“Paddy, me lad. Surely you know me better than that. I never start trouble.”“I know, but you’re always the last man standing after its over.”“Me boat?” Shannon didn’t like to be sidetracked.“The hooks are over the bar, man. I’ll give ye a hand.”The pair struggled a bit but the boat was up and drying. Where I’m from it’s called an open kayak ... at least it’s not a coracle.Shannon’s. Rick is right. You must have wanted this - a little, but Tim is still a guy, and in the worst situation imaginable. We have to keep him distracted until it's over. Let him feel like a guy for as long as possible. Trust me, I know what the poor guy is going through. Tim and Rick are coming over. Why don't you go down to the kitchen and fix us something, and go easy on Tim. OK, Rhonda? This change of sex has been hard on him." Hard on HIM! What about me! I didn't ask for this, either. Just. Anything... about a Lieutenant Mary Cadley, and I continued to come up empty.I noticed that her purse was gone, and I looked around, desperate to find her. We were parked in a garage, and I saw her walking toward a door that led indoors.We were near the harbor, and I could sense that we were near a restaurant. I became acutely aware that I couldn't smell anything, expecting the fishy smells that surround such a place, but I could still sense that we were near the waterfront.I followed her, and.