Come on. I can take off at night but we have to wait until sunrise to land.’ ‘Wait. What? Take off? Are we flying?’ ‘Just come on. You’ll se....’ ‘Okay. Okay. Okay.’ I got out of the car and walked a ways before I saw it. ‘A hot air balloon?! We’re going in a hot air balloon? Who’s going to fly it?’ ‘Silly girl, I am.’ ‘But who is going to pick us up. And sunrise is a while away. And…’ ‘Shhh. Just trust me. We’re still in my 12 hours.’ ‘Fine.’ A few guys were there to help him get the balloon of. The driver was a dark-skinned Fijian wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. His English was heavily accented but understandable."Where to, my friend?" he asked."Sheraton Fiji Resort," Jake told him. "Do you take American money?" American, French, Australian, I take it all," he said."Very good," Jake said, sitting back in the back seat and taking in the scenery as they left the airport. Jake would have thought that this was the off-season for a tropical resort — it was mid-August after all — but. "Do you remember the last time we did this?"I looked up, completely bewildered. "What?" When you and I were about two or three, our moms used to stick us in the bath together." Ah..." Yeah, like that was going to relieve the tension.I threw my head back and extended my legs across the floor of the hot tub. Since it was barely more than seven feet across, this meant placing them either side of Maria's own, which both remained bent at the knee.Taking care to appear casual, I allowed my gaze to. Even stranger, my tastes seemed to have changed slightly for I ended up drinking tea. I never drank tea - but it tasted good this morning. On the way out of the shop I purchased a paper. I needed a game plan of some sort. I had to find somebody that could get me out of this damn suit ? and that now looked to be a very tricky proposition. I had just enough paranoia not to randomly start calling bioengineering departments at some of the leading universities. There was too much strangeness.