While the schools were closed until the second Monday in January, Annie spent all day with her father, helping inside, going with him as people heard ...e was getting his act together and asked him to quote on maintenance jobs and visits to builders merchants, where he also found tradesmen willing to pass him work here and there. Now that he had a business account and credit card he was able to get a mobile phone contract for ease of contact. Soon he was working away from Porter House more often. After a few seconds she said, “Thank you Dennis.”“What for?”“Everything.”As they returned to the new extension Dennis told Mandy that she needed a shower.“I know, but it isn’t long to bed time.”“You need one now Mandy.”“Why?”“You’ve got white powder all over your sweaty back. It’s plaster and it goes hard when it dries.”Mandy did have an early shower.The rest of the week and the weekend went by with no real notable incidents apart from the doctors examinations and the art class modelling that I. You do me the same today as you did then. Besides, I want something dead nuts for at least a half mile, say fifty caliber, seven shot clip, bolt action. What you got along those lines?" Jesse, you know what you are asking for?" Saul looked at him like he had gone crazy. "You want a mamzer you can blow a hole in a tank with it?" Saul, you do not go bear hunting with a fly swatter." Jesse smiled quietly at his friend, "What have you got?"A reluctant Saul told him, "I got a used Barrett fifty. They’ll approach from the south and will arrive off the island about half an hour before dawn. The other patrol boat has advised they’re timing their arrival for just after dawn.Examination of the records shows little about the island. One crew member who grew up on the coast opposite once stayed on the island for a few days. He describes it as crescent shaped with a nice sloping beach inside the curve with a good natural harbour. The centre of the island rises to about forty-five metres above.