Judith’s a cool girl. Me and her …” Whatever Cole might have been tempted to reveal on the subject, he retained it. “We’re good,” he said,...simply.Evan read into his friend’s discretionary silence, imagining some hot times there. “What about Felicity Fox?” he inquired, his appetite for mischief not quite satisfied. “She still hitting on you?”“Yeah, it’s weird.” Cole scarcely glanced up from his reading this time. “We were lab partners, study partners, the whole deal, all of this year – and she. . The interesting thing is, I never knew. All those years wondering why I had such alow sex drive.? Even during myfirst marriage, we?d fuck and I?d lose interest for a week.? It wasn?t that I couldn?t attract women.? I?m reasonably attractive and not all thatshy.? That wasn?t the problem. ?I simply lost interest. Nobody ever told me why . . . until I had a routine physicalcheckup three years ago. ?Anybody ever check yourtestosterone count?? asked the doc. ?No, should they?? ?Well, there?s no. I said did not drink tea and I asked her where the uncle and children were then she told me your uncle is on duty to office and kids were in school. I was getting frustrated sitting alone at home, so I force you for tea, please. Then I took this golden opportunity and told her what can I do for you? She laughed and understood what is in my mind. All the way we both were free in talk; I was talking naughtily as she is also free of nature. I told her, in the street, I like only you very much. If the Wrong Place had four chests that held the same treasure as the Gift had, well, that would be over 300 Conchs divided among however few of us was in the salvage team.The town council wasn’t going to get shit from the Wrong Place unless they paid for all the work. As it was, I was paying my staff for their time and effort, and I’d be hiring their boats and crews as well as others once we were ready to start.Meanwhile, we started talking about how to do it. We could sink a series of pilings.