“Wait until Darley learns that you’ve left her for a black girl like me!” Chantal teased Leland about his notoriously racist wife, being quite p...eased that he returned her affections.“Well, we’ve talked about starting over and leaving our significant others, but now we can! You guys can leave for Haven. Chantal and I are headed south!” Leland told David Howard as his party and he prepared to take off for the next stop on their day of errands before skipping town.“Yep, and in our case, no. " You just want to see me in my bathing suit." Uh-huh, and maybe out of it. Is that a problem?"Then they were gone and I was alone with Lizzy, who had been sitting quietly in the little sunken pool with her feet dangling in the warm water. I sat down beside her and she hugged herself to my side, kissing my shoulder as she did."You okay?" she asked."Yeah," I said softly. "You were right." I know." I didn't really feel it, but I knew when it happened." Then it didn't hurt?" Not at the time, but. ” She glared at Kelly and continued, “If he wanted to take me this minute, I would be on my back on your carpet with my legs spread!”Kelly smiled softly and replied, “If Mike came in and looked like he wanted me, I would be, too. So what? And where did this fraternization rule come from?”Rita looked startled. “Well everyone knows...”“Does Pete? Did he say anything about it last night?”“Of course he didn’t. He’s a man. He wanted to get in my pants. And I wanted him to.”“Oh, I see! You’re just a. Merril tried to find her, but was told that they sent her where God needed her more. She had noted the information Chevy (Shavones nick name) gave her, last name and her sister who worked in the fashion industry from London, and used that to find Marcy. So now..." Then Kettie broke down and started bawling hard until I could calm her to at least where she could speak."Now, tomorrow I'm flying to London and Marcy and I are going to Argentina to look for Chevy. It's something I have to do. Going.