I should have been ready for it. I mean, seriously, it's not every daysomeone survives a plane crash, let alone one that happened over a yearago. An...d who knows if any details of exactly who had returned from theisland had gotten out. I wasn't ready though, and I panicked.I grasped for the door handle to try to run, but it was locked. I know Iscreamed, I think when one of the men held on to me, trying to calm me, Iwas hyperventilating, and finally, in blind panic, I'm ashamed to say. We laughed and kept glancing at our brothers.Once the music slowed, Glen and I danced together. He held me so close I could barely move, but it didn't matter to me. I loved it. Brad cut in and took me in his arms. Jenny danced with Glen close to Brad and me.When we returned to the table, I took a sip of my soda. I looked at my brother and said, "Who spiked my drink?" I put a little rum in all the colas," Brad said. "If you don't want it, I'll get you another one."I shook my head and took. I just didn’t think they would want it all at once.”“What ... are you going to do?”“I don’t know, but I’ve got to lay my hands on fifteen grand by this weekend.”“Fifteen thousand? But that means you’ve only paid them...”“Yeah, a couple of grand. Like I said every time I make a payment the interest goes up. I’d have you quit your day job and work full time but even so, there’s no way you could make that kind of money by this weekend.”“What about the car?” she asked.“I just got it a couple of. I didn't have much to say except that the bus was on my side of the road but I didn't know what the other driver might have said to get out of trouble.I hadn't even told my wife about it. She didn't like the look of some of the cuts and bruises so I had to tell her that the check and subsequent fight was a bigger deal then I had let her to believe. She was pretty upset about the fight but we got so busy packing that she dropped it on the drive down. I left a shirt on and wore some track pants.