I nodded my head at her and motioned her forward, illustrating a downward stabbing motion with my own gig.She stabbed the fish, and I swooped in, gras...ing the shaft of her gig to be certain she didn't pull it back or allow the fish to struggle free. I reached my other hand under the flopping fish keeping it impaled, and raised it out of the water and into the air above me. Gravity kept it in place as I carried it ashore.Miki was right behind me, shouting and laughing! I was proud as could be of. I could see why he’d brag about being involved, but I didn’t need anyone to know that I was involved, especially being on the losing in of the stick. And speaking of losing, in an almost separate area of the party there was a group of sad-sack looking white guys, clearly the husbands and boyfriends of the women.Diana saw us and came running to greet us. She’d clearly had a few drinks and I wasn’t sure if she’d make it to us without tripping over herself. Although she was much older than us,. Without protesting, Laura drew another mug from the shelf and turned to face him. He sat at the breakfast table smoking an extra long cigarette, watching her through the fragile smoke ring he had just blown. He took his time to speak."Haven't you anything to say?" he asked finally. "You didn't think that I would evaporate, did you? That's one trick I haven't learned yet, but I'm working on it." George was pleased with what he said, considering himself something of a wit, but Laura was. .. was that a no?' the question rang in her ears and the voice returned.'Help!' she screamed.He shook his head.'I don't think so,' he was calm, but the words chilled her worse than the rain.'He-'He grabbed her face, slammed his palm into her lips. 'Poor, lost little bird, so close and yet so far from home.'There was a tear of fabric. She couldn't scream. Her hand was forced away from her body. She couldn't resist.A thud, from the corner of her eyes she could see a glowing letter 'm' on a nearby.