22mag. It wasn’t much of a weapon, but I hoped it got the message across.The three of them left and Janet went to stand in the doorway. After a full...day of ‘shucking and jiving’ my pack was in real pain. I leaned on a bar stool and waited for Janet’s return, or her call for help. A call for help would trigger a flood of Adrenalin, which would counter act any pain I might have.That never happened. What did happen was that after a very few minutes Janet came back and reported that all things. I found it odd, as I would have thought that I would have found them closer to the beach. I followed the scents and determined I was heading to the north. I heard water and angled towards it.I was scrambling over the forested foothills of an old volcano that had formed this island. I stopped. Something didn’t feel right. I was sure I had felt a faint tremor. Then I smelt whiffs of sulphur. I lay flat on my belly and dropped my senses down into the earth.Oh, shit! A massive big pocket of gas was. Are you all right? What happened to you?" "No time to explain," I said through chattering teeth. "I'm at the cornerof Town and Third. Come and get me. And hurry. I'll be in the shadowsbehind the trash cans and -- Oh Dear! Here comes a car!" And I hurried into the protective darkness. An hour later, in Eva's apartment, I soothed away the last of the ropemarks as I explained. I hadn't been able to go home because my keys werelost, and besides, I had no clothes. So Eva had snuck me into her. “Congratulations, Sir. My name’s Bill – friend of the groom. May I say, you have the most beautiful daughters. But of course, they would have to be with such a beautiful mother.” With that he reached up and briefly touched Lisa’s arm.The father of the bride half-smiled. Not exactly a people person, Bill noted. But Lisa thanked him for his compliment. “We’re both very proud of our girls. But you know it’s what’s on the inside that counts, and we raised our daughters to be good Christian.