They were very substantial and had to be worth a fortune. There were a few more slender bracelets, but if you had asked us a week later, we couldn’t...have told you what they were. I watched them, the hunger plain in their eyes. “Stay right here,” I ordered, walking into the house and heading for the attic.I kind of felt foolish, but I knew in my heart Agnes could hear me. “Agnes, I want to ask a favor. Would it offend you if I gave the girls a bracelet apiece? I know they would treasure them.. "He looked down at my blonde slave. "Really? That's great! Pyx, stand up."Reluctantly, she stood, clutching my arm.He quickly ascertained that she was shy, so he didn't pursue talking to her. "I want to congratulate you two on being the first couple to win Cruise Points on this cruise."Randall handed both of us a blue plasti-coated blue card with a "3" on it."Participate in shipboard activities and win points. At the end of the cruise, you can trade your points for items in the gift store."Now,. " That had better be me, Jesus, she's had enough upsets as it is, she's just getting her act together when this has to happen, I hope to God Ernie's OK, I'll go and get her now." With that I hurried over to Ernie's car and headed back to school....I went to the principle's office and told him I needed to talk to Jess, "Her father has had an accident, I don't know how serious it is but I think it would be for the best if I told her before the rumours started." Yes, of course, I'll have her paged. I knew I would probably only be able to take one of them back to Vegas with me when it was time for me to return. I was not too enthusiastic about the process of picking and choosing because I was certain it would leave me with a feeling of guilt about leaving someone behind. Besides, I was fairly convinced that neither of the girls would want to separate permanently because they sort of complemented each other’s personality and between them, they made the perfect woman.The holidays were right.