Annie and I found ourselves next to Chantelle and Claudio, and Chantelle leaned up and kissed my cheek. "Thanks for trying to look out for me, Roger,"... she said."I should have come to you sooner," I replied. "There never seemed to be a good time." It wouldn't have changed a thing." Perhaps you're right." Honestly, Roger. It all happened so fast..." I still don't know what actually happened." Perhaps one day I'll tell you." When you are ready," I said, completely content. Chantelle turned to. As I sat there, gathering my thoughts and trying to decide what to do next, I noticed the twinkling lights of a boat out on the water. In fact, it was a launch and it looked very much like the one that Deryk had been thrown from earlier that afternoon. This time though, all was quiet and it was motionless – or just drifting. Perhaps they had relented and come back looking for him; or maybe it was someone else just night-fishing. But it was getting chilly. I pulled on my briefs and stood up to. Utterly spent, he finally stopped resisting 'the pull', allowing himself to lay down, right on the edge of the blacktop. There he stayed, considering, uncaring of the consequences.There wasn't a specific date, he could draw to mind when he'd taken that first 'bad' step. Though it would be so easy to just blame it all on Sato. 'yeah', too damn easy!Laying cheek upon the oddly comforting smoothness of the asphalt, closing his eyes he wondered. Perhaps it would be fitting if some speeding motorist. You know Reggie?"It took Jack a second to remember the guy-a Caribbean 'morph who wasonly really a semi regular on the GI online forums and had never madeany of the conventions. "I think so. Don't tell me he works at thisresort?" Yeah, and he thinks he can fiddle it for the four of us to beregistered in two cottages. You and Gina in one, me and Olivia in theother." Sounds wicked, mate!" Jack then logged on to GI and sure enough, foundthat along with the regular chat concerning everything from.