"But I don't want to lose this." I said softly, looking into the mirror at Helen, to find her eyes staring right back at me. "I don't want to lose you... Helen." You haven't." Helen said, her voice steady. "I just don't want you to forget."The small road ended, and we turned onto Highway One, heading up the coast. The ocean was a beautiful sight, with soft white foam splashing against the rocks."Charlie?" Kaila turned in her seat, looking back at Charlotte, who merely stared out the window. She. ?Tom pulled off his boxer shorts and tossed them to the side. It wasamazing. Even the parts he hadn?t seen in the photograph have changed, adapted to the rest of the body. Strong leg muscles, defined abdominals, and... well, that?s new. Tom reached down and grasped theappendage between his legs. Tom wasn?t small to begin with, a good six or seven inches long, but this thing... it was at least that big limp. Coming out of his thoughts, Tom realized that he wasn?t just holding his new penis, he. I didn’t see anything up there, either. I knew I wouldn’t. The adults had decided the best thing to do to avoid detection was to observe the beach through powerful binoculars from a boat, out at sea. When that observer saw the two men enter the bowl, only then would the cops take their places to tighten the noose.That was why we’d been told not to ask for more money for five or ten minutes after they showed up.If they showed up.I was beginning to wonder about that. We spent over an hour fine. "I haven't finished." she stated, the smile gone, irritation on her face. "You will be there and so will I. You'll do everything that I ask. If you don't agree, I'll have Jamie shipped to the front line. You have twenty-four hours." She swung on her heel and left. Lauren watched the water disappear, utter dismay setting in. She licked her dry lips, thinking that the only moisture they had received that day had been from Maria's embrace. The key jangled again in the lock and Maria peered round.