The back door of the car opened, a big hand pushed my head down, and I was thrown onto the seat, face-first. As I sat up, the car started in motion an... sped away.I'd been set up good.Hank, the little-prick lawyer from Cleveland, had gotten nabbed on a money-laundering scheme and started singing about everyone and everything he knew to save his scrawny butt. At the same time, Nikki's parents had become suspicious about the startling change that had come over their daughter the past few months,. First he would have to talk it over with his family. There were the local wives and the uptime wives, who might have opposing views on the options, so he had to allow for that outcome. To facilitate sensible discussion, he needed to draw up the pros and cons for each option, to give them adequate information for arriving at a decision they were all easy with, or at least did not reject in anger. A unanimous conclusion was not likely, he thought. Did he have to explain the concept of decision by. ‘Thank you,’ I managed to say when our lips broke contact briefly. ‘Let’s get this last ordeal over with,’ Julia said. ‘I don’t care what it is like. I can face anything now, with you beside me.’ ‘Even the village gossips?’ ‘Even them. We could strip off and walk through the village naked, together. Fuck them.’ We kissed again. Julia took the recorder out of my hand. ‘Ready?’ I nodded. We walked through the last door with my arms around Julia’s wet waist. We expected the notice. ‘Ordeal by Air.. ————–continued from Part 1 The girls disappeared back into Lauren’s room to change into their suits. I went to Joe’s room and got my own suit out and changed into it and then went out back to the pool. I got there before any of the girls, so I did a quick cannonball off the diving board into the pool rather than just dip a toe in. The pool is a full sized diving pool, with a very bright pool light so you can use it at night and still see everything quite clearly. The door out to the back.