He wrapped me up in it and then held me, with my back to his chest and his arms around my waist."We're going to take you home," Chris said. "Then me a...nd Mark, we're going to New York City. I have some friends there." Just for a little while, until we know we can come back," Mark added. "After Chrissy's mom talks to the Sheriff, she'll straighten it out and tell us when it's okay." I don't want to go home," I lied. "I'm not going to stay here, waiting for you guys." Steph..." Chris started."No!". He took a closer look and the hook had lodged half into the side of her breast and the wound was bleeding from the boy trying to pull the hook back out. The hook has a barb and will not come out without tearing the flesh it is meant to stay inside a fishs mouth, he said to no one in particular. By this time a few of the parents had seen the commotion and were now standing watching him along with the teenagers. Go find another place to play boys, he commanded knowing this had to be embarrassing. He pointed at the corner of the yard. “The new pilings and fixings have gone in over there, just get it in place. I don’t suppose you’re actually connecting it up are you?”The driver shook his head.“Nah, didn’t bloody think so,” grumbled the manager. “Life’s never that soddin’ easy.”An hour later the new generator was in its final position, but it wasn’t fully fixed down, and it wasn’t wired in yet. The manager walked around it, frowning slightly. It looked like no generator he had ever seen.. The radar stations on the high ground surrounding the Navy Base were moving at slow speed but that was understandable because it was a Sunday and everybody knew nothing ever happens on a Sunday unless it was a football game or some big event planned long ago in the past and everybody knew all about it. A couple of the stations were getting some blips coming in low and slow from the empty waters dotted only with the occasional fishing boat heading out for the day’s catch in the abundant fishing.
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