” The blond one — Lisa, as it turned out — told Steve the story: They had been hiking along the coast outside of town when they stopped to rest...on a rock overlooking the water. They were just about to leave when they heard someone crashing through the underbrush, and a naked man burst into view. He ran into the water, thrashed about for a minute and then stood up in the shallows, shouting and showing what she considered was a better-than-average body. “Thanks for that anyway,” I thought. . Beth then said, “Mark asked me to get his personal details, so we could process him on Tuesday. He’ll be on the plane with you. He has a house in Mackay, and he is coming from there. So, you can get to know him and show him around. He is getting the room under yours.”“How come you didn’t tell me on the phone last night?” I asked.“You were sidetracked by a blonde,” she answered. Then she said, “You’ll probably get sidetracked by another one on Tuesday.”“He is blonde?” I asked with interest.“And. "Trust me." Preston said. "I told you I wouldn't hurt you." Somehow, his voice actually did put her at ease, and she started to relax as her feet were next to be secured. Soon after that, he slipped a pair of earplugs in her ears, and then, nothing. 10 minutes passed, and she began to get a little frantic, left alone with her thoughts of being left alone, tied up, blindfolded. She started to get restless. Almost as soon as she started to fidget though, she felt the weight on the bed shift. She. It was now that I noticed she’d splashed something over her top making her collarbones show through and at that point I looked away; I didn’t want to see anything else.“Bit too much to drink?” I asked, recognizing the smell of the liquid over her top.“Yeah…” John cheered again and she looked into the house. “Your crew’s still here?”“Well, yeah. All nighter, remember?”“Oh yeah. I’ll just go say hi then.”I followed her down the corridor and overtook her in time to enter the room as she leaned.