He wasn’t holding her down. But the pain in her head, and other parts of her body, was very intense. She could barely lift her arms and had no choic...e except to release her grip on him. She could flee. Or she could trust him. And he was indeed the reason she had come. She settled back against the cushions he had put around her sometime during her unconsciousness, and stared at him. ‘I know why you came,’ he whispered as his finger traced the line of her jaw. She could feel a bruise beneath the. Jasmine came my way but protested, “Are you sure this is all right? I mean won’t somebody get mad at us if we trespass? Do you know the owners? Wow, this boat is fabulous. This has money written all over it.”The boat was a SeaRay 550 – fifty-five feet of water-based luxury. The craft was five years old and had been one of the diversions I bought to entertain Edie in our retirement. We never got to take the cruises we’d planned. We did take a few long trips, but nothing like down and back up the. It's just all over. Are you clear about this?"I guess so." Okay, we're agreed then?" Yes." Then I'll see you in court tomorrow."Chapter 2: In CourtI looked nervously around the courtroom as the court bailiff read the charges against me. I was still wearing the orange jumpsuit and my hands were manacled behind my back. A female judge sat behind the bench. My lawyer was on one side of me; the prosecutor, another woman, on the other. There were a few women in the audience, sitting together and. The last thing I wanted to do was owe this guy anything, but it looked like I was not going to be able to avoid owing him.“There is one thing,” I said, “and I hate to ask. I really hate to ask.”“I said anything, and I meant it Sam,” he said.“I can’t drive and I don’t have a car anyway even if I could nor the money for a cab. But, I can give you fifty bucks for gas. I mean if you’d consider giving me a ride to my dad’s place,” I said.“Not a problem,” he said, and he didn’t laugh at my offer to.