?Robin looked at him totally surprised. ?So what? All the women therehave seen you already. In fact, last week they saw you in that skirtoutfit! W...at are you worried about? Come on, live a little!?He shook his head. ?No. I just can?t. Not yet.?Robin let out a loud grunt. ?You?re just too stubborn for your owngood! When are you going to get over this??He shook his head. ?Not yet, I?m afraid.?She shook her head and walked out. ?Suit yourself!?As soon as she was gone, Chad opened up. He set the beers down on a table and dove into the pool and began swimming laps. About thirty minutes later he finished his last lap, pulled himself up on the side of the pool and sat there thinking about how nice it was to be home again.Paula left the real estate office just after one o'clock and headed back home. The day had been very slow and her boss told her to pack it in and take the afternoon off and she actually appreciated having an afternoon to herself. As she drove into the driveway. I pulled off my neckcloth, soaked it in the creek and took it to the girl. "Wash her off," I said. "Might make her feel better." I turned my back as she lifted her sister's torn skirt and the girl moaned.Night was coming on, and I was reasonably sure I could find the way back to the ambush point, but I doubted that we would discover anyone there. I dug some scraps of food from my haversack and the dead soldier's pack and shared them with the girls. Nan was still sobbing quietly, a trail of. Now I had to wait my nerves on edge as I tried to judge the time it would take for her to get undressed and get in to the bath, when I had waited as long as I could I slipped out of bed and creped to my door hardly daring to breathe I opened it slowly and slipped onto the dark landing and down to the bathroom door. Our house is old all the doors have keyholes even though most of the keys have long since been lost. I stop in front of the door and listen, the gentle sound of water splashing.