There are five of us and I do the introductions. Jake then introduces us to Joy, who we had already met, Jun, Abbey, Mitch, Cherise, Anabel, Rose, and... Rosemarie. I innocently asked if Anabel and Rosemarie were his daughters and Joy quickly said that all Jake's women at the table were his girlfriends.Even you Joy? You are a girlfriend?Yes. I am Jake's girlfriend.There was rustling among Jake's girls, and finally Jun spoke: Yes, we are all girl friends, but Joy is special and number one here. No. I had a method to get rid of my rival. Evenif by some chance they did not kill him, he would be imprisoned. A galleyslave's fate might await him.I arranged yet another trip to the estate in two weeks, and guided myhorse to the gypsy encampment. By this time my rival would be gone and Icould speak with the girl freely but there was no sign of her at first.Then I saw her, standing at the flap of a waggon. She beckoned me, buthad her finger over her lips as if to keep me quiet."Here," she said,. They were about 1500 yards out, maximum range for their guns but not their cannons. We watched in horror as they got closer and closer, now less than a 1000 feet. BAM! Suddenly a 20mm cannon shell ripped through the dash panel, killing my co-pilot instantly, spraying blood throughout the cockpit. BAM! I felt my “Raynebow” shudder as another cannon shell ripped through her right inboard engine, setting it on fire. We began to quickly lose altitude as I fought to bring the plane back. The next day I got my mates together and explained I had to shoot a project and did they want to be part of it? I gave them only the barest details after they had sworn an oath of secrecy. We all agreed to meet at school Saturday. They were to wear their grubbiest school uniforms and try to looking like a bunch of hooligans.I told mum everything was all set when I got home. She said she hadn't agreed to do it and seemed angry with me. The look of disappointment on my face caused her to soon.