"No but, you have to think of it this way," started Hopix, "you wasted no time and found a solution within minutes of thinking of it. To me and I'm su...e to them you are definitely a hero, your quick thinking saved them even more suffering."Ok, Alan thought, when you thought of it that way he ... might have helped a bit. Hopix sighed what was she going to do with this man? It seemed he had no confidence at all, had his female partner drained it that much from him? Suddenly anger swelled in her. "Listen, Art I know that you've got Virginia Brooks in there, and that there are at least four other men with you! Annabelle Foxx and I are coming up there to join you... and sort of spread the fun around!" You can't do that, God damn it!" I can and I will... because if Leon Brooks has his way, he'd be signing a police complaint charging you and those other men with kidnapping her!" Oh God! Is he coming up here too?" For a moment, Art's poise fled him; he looked ready to bolt."Yes, he is!". Reaching down she grabbed both her musket and sword from her belt. With both weapons clutched in her hands, she slid quietly off the cot and dropped to her knees. The wooden planks beneath her quivered slightly as if someone were running across the deck.Constance jumped to her feet and flung open the cabin door, just as Teresa jumped out of bed with a pistol in her hand. Letting out a cry like a wounded animal, Constance aimed her pistol and shot one of the two men racing toward the Captains. Jacqueline then immediately proceeded to jump into my arms and kiss me deeply. Jacqueline: ‘Mmmmmmm…I missed you.’ David: ‘I missed you too. Can I offer a lady a martini?’ After fixing us a few drinks, I gave Jacqui the nickel tour of the house. I showed her the downstairs, then upstairs. The guest room, then my home office before the master bedroom I hoped we would end up in. Jacqueline was admiring my home office and a painting I had on the wall from a local artist she apparently knew. Small.