" We can't do that. I told you. I'm working tonight." And I told you to ring in sick. They won't sack you. You're much too attractive and, as I said, ...'ll make up the money you'll lose. Come on, Wendy, take the plunge or at least get on the diving board."She stared at him her mind whirling. She found it difficult to believe that he did not have an ulterior motive but as she looked into his eyes she could see no guile. Suddenly she smiled and Bill was staggered at the transformation. She was a. She could feel her cheeks burn. Thank goodness for the darkness. The cloth of her tee stuck to Julia’s skin and her comfortable denims felt too tight. She swallowed, ‘Ma’am, I hate to ask, but why are you naked?’ Julia had a sudden vision of a drunken co-ed camping trip gone horribly wrong. ‘Goddess . . . keeps me this way. Ohh!’ The last half-gasp-half-sob came as if the woman had been startled by the realization, but in a good way. A very, very good way. Julia recognized it as the exact sound. Maybe she should call Jack to her. Use him to flee, the way she had fled the last time Sam had threatened her. Yes, that resulted in a year's exile, but wasn't that better than dealing with this psycho? Not to mention the yelling crippled girl. What sane person would not want to flee..."QUIET!"It was the tall stranger. He stood there, a brown haired woman at his side, looking first at the seated girl, then at Wendy and the others. Wendy inhaled sharply as his eyes found hers, almost whimpering. Doing his vest up as best as he can Gerry reaches his right arm across the girl’s body, and tucks it into his belt. He’d dislocated his shoulder when he grabbed her; he hopes he didn’t hurt her too badly, but it’s better than the rocks. Now he prays he doesn’t run out of slope before he runs out of headland. He has to get to the end of the headland to be able to dive into the deep water, and it’s a long way down. He has to keep running forward and down at an angle or risk sliding sideways off.