It happened very quickly, too quick for human senses, but I never lostconsciousness for a moment and the strobe-quick experiences stuck withme; the th...d as my skull fractured against the truck's radiator grill,the really sickening, thunderclap crack when my pelvis went (and it'simpossible to break one of those in just one place) and the splinteringwhen my rib cage was caved in by something brutally solid hanging lowunder the lorry. That wailing noise made by the woman who found me, themost. “I wasn’t too keen about getting the sheets that stinky. It would have gone clear through to the mattress. I had to give you a sponge bath. You can take a shower now, if you want.”She seemed to be thinking about something, because she frowned.“Am I still a virgin?” she asked.Bobby hadn’t thought this girl could startle him any more than she already had. She certainly hadn’t acted like a virgin last night ... anything but, in fact.“If you were a virgin when I met you, you’re still a virgin now,”. "No, it's actually, Matty. The k**'s been sick for a week. Donna was up and down all night checking on him. Hell, she probably got less sleep than me. She was doting over that k** for hours." "What's wrong with him? Anything serious?" "No, I don't think so. She seems to think its pneumonia, but I don't know. Honestly I think he's milking it a bit. You know k**s. He's a little lazy and now that he's sick he's got his mother taking doing everything she can to make him comfortable." "I dunno,. As Barbara raised her head to look behind her at the cove she was suddenly struck with a stream of water.The two jet skis had entered the cove at full throttle and pulled a sharp U-turn sending spray on the beach and of course soaking Barbara. Barbara flipped over into a sitting position to see what was going on. There were two young women on the jet skis who had stopped and were idling looking back at Barbara."You need to watch what you're doing!" Barbara shouted to the jet ski riders as she.