The water is the perfect temperature. We have an outdoor shower to wash off the chlorine, and all sorts of hair dryers and things you can use afterwar...s.”Carol stammered, “I didn’t bring a suit.”Penny opened her arms and turned skyward with her entire body in a state of rapture and bliss and said to Carol, “You don’t need one! We dressed because you were here, but we all go in naked all the time. We’ll join you.”Carol hesitated and smiled slightly. In those few fractions of a second, I knew we. We were then directed to our gate after spending 15 minutes trying to get through the metal detectors and figure out why my husband kept setting the alarm off! Just as I begin to feel this trip was a mistake, we finally get through the metal detectors and arrive at our gate. We were one of the last ones to board as we were late arriving. Once inside and seated, we took a deep breath and looked at each other with pure relief. I really hope things start looking up from here.Our flight lasted. It turned out we were the ones being slow this morning. Everyone else was already up. Ted and Lisa were sitting at the table talking quietly with the Bellers.BP, or before pregnancy, I'd have flipped a chair around and used it as a shield. But I'd have ended up on the floor if I did, so I sat down and quirked a smile. "I know how people hate this phrase, but we have to talk."Lisa raised an eyebrow. "I was just about to say the same thing. You go first." The others looked at me attentively.By. Sam was able to stand and stagger out of the car with my support.We three were bundled onto a long narrow-beamed craft with a fringed overhead canopy. The boat had a very powerful long-shaft outboard mounted on the stern. The craft took off with a mighty roar and hurtled through the night kicking up a cloud of spray, none of which came on board. The journey took half an hour. We arrived at a private landing stage belonging to a large house in a walled compound. The city was a vast glow on the.