Kate and I didn’t sleep anymore after we got back to the hotel at midnight. Erika had the driver drop her off at home, but didn’t leave us until s...e’d given each of us a deep kiss, accompanied by a little light petting. When we got to the hotel, Kate and I made love practically before the door closed behind us. We whispered to each other, rising to a peak and subsiding, only to rise again. More than once, Erika’s name was included in our whispers. It had the desired effect on each of us. We. It is much nicer up here." Let me carry the tray down," Danko said. "Weems will help you downthe steps."They barely reached the bottom of the stairs when the first blast ofgunfire went off. Then there was a pause, and Mrs. Berrilia was askingif it was safe to go back upstairs. Just then the gunfire started inearnest. A few minutes later a bullet hit the front window upstairs,and the old lady screamed as her picture window shattered. She jumpedinto Danko's arms for comfort and protection.Over. "Charlotte, I mean what I say, keep your heads down anddon't hesitate to use that gun if you have to. I'd rather have deaddrug smugglers littering the sea than dead girls littering the bridge iffor no other reason than half the ship going into mourning if you wereshot." Only half?" I grinned. "We'll shoot when we have to, don't worry aboutthat." You okay about speaking to the passengers, Liz?" I asked on the wayback to the saloon. "I should have asked you before I put your nameforward?" No. ” * Erin had been blushing most of the way home. She had been unable to bring herself to put the box of sex toys on the passengers seat, and had placed it in the trunk of the car, just in case there was an accident. After arriving safely home, she quickly moved into the house, parking in the garage so she could enter the house without anybody seeing what was in the box. She took off her sneakers at the door, then went upstairs to the bedroom, grabbing a bottle of red wine and a glass on her way.