He finished his shower quickly and toweled himself dry while he thought about where to take Charli to dinner. He wanted to take her someplace special....Wrapping the towel around his waist, he left the bathroom to go across the hall to his own room to get dressed, but he stopped short the second he set foot in the hallway.Charli was standing there in a daringly brief, white tank top and panties that made her bikini bottom look prudish by comparison. The front of her panties barely covered the. It had seemed like a good idea at the time. She didn’t have much of a social life, since it was her first semester away from home at college and she was busy working part-time in a department store downtown. Here was something she could actually do to help someone that wouldn’t require extra money. A knock at the door startled her out of her reverie. How could I have been disturbing anyone? I wasn’t even singing! Then she saw the face peeping through the little window and went to open the. She could feel the impression of the couch's stitching pattern pressed into her face."I'll go check the weapons." Finn suppressed a yawn as he dashed toward the garage. He ran back, several seconds later, panting and out of breath. "The .410 and one of the revolvers are gone! Nothing else seems to be missing." I guess I'm not surprised," Liv said quietly, putting her head in her hands. "She really took losing Dad hard. We both did. And then, to find out his best friend was the one responsible-". Even with the heat of the late afternoon, the water was almost cold. Once out of the water, I spread my large beach towel on the coarse grass in the sun, and lay down to catch up on my tanning. As I lay there, I caught the faint buzz of another four-wheeler but could not get a fix on the direction. It wasn’t getting any louder so I assumed it was not coming my way. After a few minutes, I lost the sound in the wind and forgot about it. When the sun fell behind the trees, I went back to camp,.