Right now she figured Jordan and Emma were either getting ready to make love or had fallen asleep anticipating that when the morning arrived. In the ...other bathroom a similar conversation was taking place regarding Donny. Emma having finished brushing her teeth slipped her hands around Jordan's waist as she peeked over her shoulder into the mirror, “I like how you introduced me as your girlfriend to your old high school friend.” “I hardly knew him in high school. You are my girlfriend aren't. “You freezing?” “I’m good,” I shivered. “Gotta get used to it,” she went on, looking about quickly and then, to my complete and utter surprise, reaching around behind her and unfastening her bikini top, peeling it off and looping it through the waistband of her briefs in one smooth motion. “…I love swimming topless. It’s my secret vice.” She kicked back and did a few strokes on her back, her breasts marvelously buoyant, perfectly visible to me in that clear salty water. We bobbed together for a. "We think that the pirate attack was a kind of test to see if you would even raise a defense, or stand down and let the island be taken away. Now that your enemies can see your determined stance on homeland protection, they will move to raise the stakes against you."Let us buy you out and take our money as a reward for the amazing, amazing job you did restoring Nauru to independence."We talked over the details of the handoff, and when Jim arrived, he and Colleen handled the paperwork.Christmas. Aaron Williams looked across his backyard. He had done pretty well in the last 18 years. He was a full professor at the local college and the author of quite few books on English History. He had a nice house, a number of friends, and most important a great family. There was his oldest daughter, Katie, talking to one of her friends over by the picnic table. She had her mother’s looks and grace. Next year she would off to college, majoring in journalism. She was a great writer having won a few.