Unfortunately, she wasn’t the only one turned on. Jim called down to Mark’s desk. “Accounting Mark” he said answering his phone. “Mark it...’s Jim. Trish has been sending you some really racy pics on the company e-mail" Jim told him trying to say it as quietly as possible yet still be heard. “I’ve got the pics from the e-mails on my phone. I’ll send them to you soon. You should call her when she gets back to her desk and remind her not to use the company e-mail". “Thanks Jim. I’ll call her. I just can't spend the rest of whatever here on this tiny island." Well, you could... become a merman," she said."A merman?" Yes. If you and I mated in the water, then you would become a merman and we could be together forever. But we wouldn't be confined to this island, we would be free to roam the seas and I could even show you Atlantis, my home." Atlantis? You mean it's real?" Of course. But you can only get to it if you are a mermaid or merman."This was a giant leap. To become a merman. As he regained enough strength to take care of himself more and more, he saw less and less of Juan and Flora.Finally, he could wait no longer. The people of Lakeside needed help, and during his enforced idleness, Alex had thought long and hard about how to give it to them. Those motorcycles gave their riders certain advantages, as did the sheer number of men in the gang, but they had their weaknessess, too.Juan came by just as Alex was strapping his preparations onto a pack horse for the. When I came to I was in a cage, naked as the day I was born. It waspitch dark except for a few dim torches on the rough, rock walls. I hadno idea where I was, what time it was or why I was here.A small group of muscular, young guys, obviously played some kind ofsports entered into the cavern where I was caged up in. They came up tomy cage, one was holding a few strips of pink ribbons. He told me turnaround with my back facing him and my arms behind my back. I quickly didwhat he said so.