I reached for the screen door and held it open. She walked in and went straight for my room, putting her bag down softly on Jim's bed."He won't be bac... until late tomorrow afternoon," I reassured her."I know. We're all alone."I felt a knot in my stomach. This wasn't my first time but I was still nervous. I really cared for Patrice and it was my first time with her. More importantly, it was her first time."So, do you—" I started to say."Do I—?" she said, looking a little nervous again.This was. Alice was ahead of me, as she always was. Leaning on Isha for support we stepped down into the water and I felt my strength returning as the hot water rose about my legs and then my body as I sat down and lay back against the comfortably sculpted side of the bath. Isha had a soft cloth in her hand and she began to soap and cleanse every part of my body, washing away all the oils, sweat and moisture with which I was so so liberally coated. As her hand disappeared between my legs for the final. All the readings were all between 90% and 95%. The two girls had a good feel for what Herb was measuring.With Ben and Steven’s help, Herb would put tape around the massive arch about every four feet. The calculated estimate would later show at least a ton per inch. What they didn’t see was another mass of gold buried under the west end. After the find had been melted down and refined, Tony’s 2,000 metric tons would prove to be closer to fact than all the calculations made.John realized his. Eventually Kushnati calmed down and he and Brad dug Sarah out. She'd been tied into a ball, so the hole Kushanti had dug wasn't as deep as I'd thought. For all of his sixty eight years, though, he was obviously fit.Brad called into his mobile phone. Femke and Greetje were sent back out, this time with a brush and hose. Together they untied Sarah, hosed her down and brushed the sand from her. As they took off her gag, she retched and threw up whatever unpleasant drink, Kushnati had forced down.