Blossom was thinking ahead, and acting. Ben would have to start doing that, if he wanted to survive long enough to get home. With that thought in mind..., Ben got back to work.Ben spent the next three hours working his ass off. For the first time in his life Ben had actually worked up a sweat. If it hadn’t been for what he’d been dealing with, he’d have bragged about it. He didn’t, though. Instead he paused to have a drink of water from his canteen, and to take a look at what Blossom had been up. Later I would do a bit of research and discover that a stay in the bungalow normally cost $5000 per night far in excess of what we could have afforded or wanted to pay but I was not going to complain.“Ok, what is going?” I asked, turning to look at Jade once the porter had left. He had wished us well, hoped we enjoyed our stay and once again congratulated us.“Well,” Jade did a slight dance of embarrassment, “I might have accidentally, on purpose, given the impression that we have just got. "And I did, it works good. See why I wanted this instead of just buying a gun?" Maybe I could divert the flow.Not a chance. "No," she said flatly. "You're going to have to tell me sooner or later, darling. It's not like you can sneak off to do whatever it is you're thinking of. So tell me now."She was right. I'd put off saying anything while I was trying to see if the Liberator could actually work for me, but I'd gone as far as I could in that direction and it did, in fact, do what I needed it. "She heard Ellen take a deep breath. "I know I can count on you and Henry. Just don't tell him yet."For the next hour, Josie sat on hot coals. Twice her phone rang, but it was job-related and she ended those calls as fast as she could without offending the callers. When the phone rang the third time, it was Ellen."Omigod, omigod, Josie, it's blue! It's blue, it's bloody positive!"That didn't sound like desperation, Josie thought."Isn't that wonderful, Ellen?" she tested the waters."Wonderful?.