Not exactly legal because she had no "carry permit" but that would only be enforced if she stupidly tried to pass through a metal detector or was forc...ed to discharge it in public and unable to beat a fast retreat.Most of the time that she was in captivity; Amy had managed to keep a blade of some type hidden in her clothing as a final desperate line of defense against the unimaginable. Fortunately, that had never happened but she had come close a few times.They got back on the road with Diego. Well Beth is short for Bethany and she just turned fourteen and apparently gained an attitude. So it was, that we were stuck with each other for the entire summer.I was a confirmed bachelor as it was. Oh don’t get me wrong I have dated and once I even found the girl of my dreams, however I was too stupid to realize it. She found my brother. Yes, my sister-in-law is the girl of my dreams and has been for years. My niece Beth is the spiting image of her mother.That first day we were out back. And Myrtle, had Mom, then seven spectacular beauties, and Harry.Harry had been captured when his B-17 was shot down three months before the surrender. But, we didn't know that, we only knew that Harry was "Missing, Presumed Dead." The war's end and the Red Cross notification that he was a POW came on the same day. Wendy got that same hug.'I told you so.' she bragged in my mind.'How did you do that?' I thought back to her.'I'm her long lost niece ... twice removed.''You aren't.''I know that, you. "Brandon," Tracy's worried voice called from the navigation desk in the cabin, "you might want to come and have a look at this weather report. It looks like one hell of a storm coming in over Barbados. Says here that it'll hit everything from Grenada to Puerto Rico."Brandon left the helm to Celeste, then hurried down to where his sister studied the computer's screen."Umm, not so sure I want to tackle a storm like that one," he let her know. "That's a big son-of-a-bitch, and if it hits Grenada,.