After stripping off their suits and securing them in standing bins, Benni left his security in the changing room. Together with Qi, they followed thei...r escort to the cargo hold/meeting room. The room had been set up with a series of platforms that stepped down to the bare floor in the middle of large room. All the platforms had the box-like benches that Qi had seen Volentin use for Family meetings. None of them had backs.Benni headed directly for the middle at the bottom of the platforms,. The two women rolled together in the sand, wrestling until they finally collapsed in laughter."You SNEAK!" Kim was able to gasp."I couldn't help it. Truce?" Look at us!" The dark-haired woman moaned as she sat up, contemplating the sand that clung to them from their hair down to their toes."Let's rinse off and no more funny business." Promise?" Promise."They splashed into the sea again, wading out until they could duck into the water. Returning to their blankets, they sat down again. This time. " You were just trying to keep peace between the Winthrop and Mathis Clans, right?" I worried about that -- and also about keeping peace between the Winthrops and the Petersens." Still hoping to score with ol' Sarah, huh?" Score? No! I just want things to be... cordial, between -- among -- all three of us!" You're such a liar!" Molly said, smiling at me but a little bit serious, too. "You know the peace you want between the Winthrops and the Petersens is spelled P-I-E-C-E." I'm more focused on. How the 'H' are we gonna clean up?This is sooo not good!"The situation hit Chauncey like the crack of a whip, which he knew wasthe likly outcome of their situation. After a moment he asked, "Do youknow what time it is? Do we have time to sneak up to the chapel?" Chauncey, you know our little timepieces are with the makeup and cleanup stuff in our handbags and, to repeat, Miss Bichier has them," snappedback a now petrified Austin. "It was brilliant to bring those cleansticks, but so dumb to.