With nothing else to do, I left and headed for berthing. Even though I had a couple of good naps during the day, I slept like the dead.The next mornin...g after liberty call for duty section two, I went looking for Cindy. I strolled into the Pipe-shop on top of the world expecting to share another day in paradise. I found her standing by her shop locker."Are you ready to get out of here?" I'm not going anywhere until you tell me who the hell Kerri is."Uh-oh. Whom did she talk to?"She's just a girl. Her exotic brown eyes were bright and mysterious and almost appeared to see right through him. Her teeth were bright and she flashed them each time he would make her laugh or smile. He was aching to get closer but didn’t want to get slapped in the process. He watched her mouth intently and at one point even caught himself mouthing her words along as she spoke, being so engrossed in the movement of her lips. She was amused, and appreciated his willingness to hear about her career aspirations and. .. will probably get a full-ride scholarship to college from both sports and academics. Anything like this that would go on my record... it would just kill all of that for me. All my hard work would go down the drain..." (sobbing uncontrollaby)"Jennifer, we can't just pretend this didn't happen." I don't know what happened. I would never steal anything. But... I can't let this happen. My dad is the president of one of the biggest banks in town. I can't ruin his reputation like this! How can I. "Don't be silly!" I am not. Ask him - the longest letter he had ever written for me contained just a sntence. 'Elope with me at ten tonight. Signed, Rahman.' No love or kisses or dear or anything. And in your letter,..."I guess Dad must've had enough of the character assassination. "In case you don't remember correctly, darling wife of mine, I had to pass the message to you on a banana peel. The slightest hint and your father would have beheaded both of us."Mom smiled at the memory. For.