While I was adding the thick layer of fleece, Hugo was getting the outboard motor from the storage building. It was a Mercury 6 horse motor I saw sitt...ng on the boat when I arrived on the dock. "From the size of that motor I would say we don't chase speed boats," I said."No, we aren't suppose to run down rum runners. That is a job for the DEA and ABC agents. But there is nothing that says we can't make them run, which is pretty good probably cause for those guys to give chase," Hugo said that. Normally she worked about 30 hours a week but over the summer, they stopped calling her. People were still getting sick, but the hospital had to make cuts and per diem nurses got paid most, so they got cut first. She didn’t work at all in July and I remember Mom had a paper route because she was strapped for cash. I worked it with her and though I hated early mornings, it was a great time. We’d blast the stereo and sometimes deliver papers in old Halloween costumes. She once went as a. . sure ... I can do that."Now I suppose that most people would think that it was just an innocent conversation between two people who knew each other. Well, most people would be wrong. First of all, Marlene worked in the office, and I knew her name because I knew Freddie and he was forever bragging about his girl. I'd hardly said much more than hello to her up until that afternoon.In the second place, Marlene was known to be very shy and uncomfortable around the guys when Freddie wasn't there.. Time stood still, everything else no longer mattered. They had become one once again.Sounds of wet lips separating, making no more sound than the whisper of a summer breeze. They were so deep into their dance that they could hear their eyelids opening and closing, sharing the amazement that their first kiss always left with them. My hands released hers and slid around her waist, coming together behind her, locking in the small of her back. I spoke into her without a word.I drew a deep breath,.