. Willy's Island..."Lights, Jeem. Think is auto." I see 'em. We've got the host, the buyer and that must be the seller."I'd grounded the inflatable an...d we were crouched on the marsh side of a low stone wall. Both of us pulled our heads down as headlights played over our section of the wall. Poking our heads back up, we watched as a man climbed out of the car carrying a heavy bag. He disappeared around the side of the house we couldn't see.Both of us were in jeans and the darkest shirts we had.. . your Father won’t have that! no way!”She turned away from me and sulked off to her bedroom and I didn’t think much more of it.An hour or so later when Robert came in, Rachel reappeared.She’d cast off the dowdy outfit, and had got herself up altogether more alluringly; barefooted in a very short skirt. I was a little shocked.She’d waited until her father had sat back in his armchair before closing in on him; sitting lightly on his lap and draping her bare arm around his neck. Robert was. I did think about asking mother for his phone number, but if she asked me why I wanted it, I would be struggling for an answer. Anyway, I didn’t really want it. Why would I need to ring him? Mother and I did have a brief discussion about Rick during the week when I mistakenly referred to him as ‘her boyfriend’ only to be told that he was only someone who satisfied her need. So I gave up on Rick. That is until a few days later when I got home from work and his pick up truck was parked on the. "Um, do you know what this means?" I said to JR."Yes, I think I do," JR said, his voice cracking like mine was.While I knew there was a good chance I would be picked for the program, I never dreamed it would be with JR and my sister. I knew my father had his hand in it one way or another."I guess we better go, huh?" I said.I felt JR put his arm around my shoulders. He pulled me to his side, and said, "Let's do it! What the hell, how bad can it be?" He chuckled, but his face was as red as I'm.
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