"Are you okay?" he asked muffled by the door between us.I sang back, "I'm fine!" I was fine, great in fact. In love with you. I whispered in my mind. ...I'll be right out!" No need to rush. I'm going to get cleaned up myself. I'll meet you back on the sofa in a few," his voice trailed off as he walked down the hallway.The door creaked as I opened it slowly and looked off in the direction I heard his voice fade to. An unconscious smile was pasted on my face and a deep breath put me further at. ” A wary Alan told Varick.“You rigged the bunker to explode? Hmmm, not a bad idea,” Harman said a huge smile on his face; finally Alan was starting to talk more his language!Alan smirked a moment, “I just hope I didn’t make the charge too large! I really know nothing about explosives.”Harman nodded, too small and it wouldn’t really do any good. Make it too large and it would be overkill and possibly hurt those nearby that you were trying to protect. “So what exactly did you do?” Harman asked a. . ? You know... there's still that mountain lion Andy saw!" Don't worry about me, Joan... I'll be O.K.!" he told her as he had left.Gayle set about the clean-up and washing of dishes."Joan... how can I ever thank you for cooking breakfast in my place... ? I just couldn't seem to wake up, this morning..." Don't try, Gayle... maybe there's something you can do for me, later on..." Joan said, amiably.Andy, who had been relieved of his lookout duty by Jim, picked up an ax, saying that he was going. "Lets get a drink first."We stopped at the fridge downstairs and topped off our mostly melted and barely cool ice teas for a fresh cold batch that still had ice floating in it. A couple of long swallows and we were ready for the water. Everyone was aboard except for Ken who was tying up the last of the jet skis."Jump in over the side?" Kelli asked."Sounds like fun," I agreed. We walked over to the port side and stepped up onto the gunwale with one foot each. I reached over for Kelli's hand and.