’ ‘Goodnight Ryan.’ She blew him a kiss. ‘Night,’ Ryan mumbled. ‘I guess you should go now too, huh?’ Logan asked Raina. ‘Yeah. Rainch...ck.’ She gave Logan a quick kiss. ‘Bike ride on the boardwalk tomorrow?’ He asked. ‘Yup, goodnight.’ She blew him a kiss. *** In the morning, Logan stretched, kicked off the blanket, and rolled to his knees to peek out of the van window. He smiled when he saw his beautiful girlfriend standing on the top step of the front porch. Raina rubbed her eyes, probably. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. I could be skimming off your royalties and your off-tour merchandising profits too. All of your money comes to me first and then I divide it up and wire it into your accounts. Quite frankly, Jake, in the amounts we're dealing with now, I'm no longer comfortable doing this. I'm basically an honest person and I like to think I'd never embezzle money but I'd feel better if there was some kind of oversight." What are you suggesting?" he asked."You need to get. The other two were sitting about a foot on either side of us. One of the other puppies came over to sniff.The adult female coyote came over and picked a pup up by the scruff of the neck to get it out of Ellen’s crotch. It whimpered and moved off to the edge of the clearing where we were sitting. The coyote leaned in to start licking Ellen’s face. It didn’t stop until Ellen started giggling and then had to pee.Ellen went around to pee in four different spots before moving over near the coyote. When we went to the deck of the rowers, I almost puked. The place stunk and I was sure it was a breeding ground for disease. We found three more pirates hiding here. The rest were slaves chained to their benches.When it looked like we had them all I said to the rowers, "We captured this ship. I'll try to free all of you over time."There were some questions but the people weren't that lucid. They were women and from a Bejek male's point of view, expendable.When I got on the deck, I saw the Scors.