"Or like that little short pepper pot I saw leaving here last week."Laura smiled. She had seen Sholandra. "How did you know she's a pepper pot?" She g...anced at me as I was coming in the door. Sort of gave me the once over, like a guy does. I saw some fire in her eyes, hon'. Some fire. She must be a firecracker in the sheets." She warms it up some around here," Laura smiled."What are their names?" Why do you want to know?" Just do. Just curious."Laura's palm was still under the back of Kendra's. They received word three nights later to be ready to board the submarine at twenty hundred hours.The trip was uneventful and in the early hours of the morning it surfaced. By the time Shaun and the others were on deck three inflatable boats were ready with outboard engines on them. Two of the boats were loaded with all of their equipment and a sailor took his place at the engine.The five of them climbed into the third boat as the submarine slowly sank. Once the boats were floating the sailor. .." Don't tell me Dorian Gray, I've heard that before and I remember I studied the novel in school." No this is certainly a mystery, let's hope we can get some background out of Jackson tomorrow."When I asked Susan if she would like a drink she jumped at the invitation saying that she would prefer a white wine. I ordered a bottle and we sat discussing art. She had the same preferences for American art as I did but her tastes were more eclectic than mine, she had a wide knowledge of the European. I guess it was that when I was a girl, and in my family, we just didn’t talk about things. Feelings and what not.”“That’s fine. You don’t have to, not if you don’t want to, but you do need to make it available to her. We can help with that if you want.”“She told me she wanted to stay here, with you all. She seemed very excited about working on that charity of yours.”“Like I said, we gave her something she could do and be proud of. It’s part of what she really needs. We’d be happy to have her.