‭"No is Carlos, Jose is my brother," he explained.‭"No, I meant," Jo blushed as she said it.‭"Is American joke yes?" Carlos said smiling, "Why I... not show you, many girls like very much?" What‭?" ‬Lynnie asked.‭"My business!" Carlos said.‭"Look, no offence," said Jo, "But if you think we are going to some creepy backstreet dive." Is on the beach‭!" ‬Carlos said indignantly,‭ "‬Is my day off,‭ ‬Jose run business today,‭ ‬I take you,‭ ‬show you,‭ ‬is legit,‭ ‬is legal,‭ ‬hundred per cent‭!" I. I nodded and told him I agreed, then I sat there and thought about whether I should try to stop the chain of events leading to Howard’s death, or let events play themselves out as they were scheduled. In the end, I didn’t say anything to the sheriff, because I had a feeling that nothing I could do would prevent Howard from dying. Oh, I could probably delay his death or even change how it happened, but I somehow knew that the judge’s demise was written in stone. It might have been cold blooded,. Always hoping one would pop out, but they never did. We got to the top of a small mountain and found two other vehicles parked there. I found a spot and parked , I figured we could picnic here. We let the tailgate down and laid out the contents of the picnic basket. We where eatting and enjoying the view from the high spot when we heard voices. From a foot trail four guys came walking up. They say hey and started checking out both my truck and wife. They weren't rude or forward but made sure. ‘Hi, I’m Sam, I just joined this gym tonight and wasn’t sure.’ I reached out to shake his hand and I felt his eyes ripping my towel off me. Before looking at my face and smiling, his eyes went up-and-down my body at least twice. He shook my hand firmly and held onto it perhaps a little longer than typical. I explained that the showers had pump dispensers for the soap and shampoo. He thanked me and started to make his way to the shower when he turned to look at me and said, ‘you coming in too?’.