Since then, she hadn't dated anyone, despite the offers she received.As Jake finished rinsing the last of the test-tubes, a timer went off toward the ...ack of the lab. His latest experiment was finished. It was a drug that would alter the eye's perception, creating the illusion of x-ray vision. If he had done everything right, that was. His experiments were often failures.He put a couple drops of his latest concoction onto his tongue. As he waited to see what effect it would have, he bottled the. (I'm sorry, I really don't know what they call the unit.). The first I learned about it was when the siren sounded. Fabio had the island's admin pod fitted with a siren that sounds when and if the company has an immediate need to gather. I had been floating in the lagoon with Willow. (Yes, nothing came in this time, although a day later a large fish that looked like a giant barracuda washed up on the beach; seriously this thing was over twenty feet long and had a mouth that was some sixteen. At nine the previous night, the television at the MacKenzie house suddenly had the volume turned up. It was so loud, in fact, that one of the neighbors across the street had called the police, complaining about the noise level, and a sheriff’s deputy had pulled in about half an hour later. Shortly thereafter the volume dropped, and the deputy left. Within minutes of that extraordinary scene, both Mister and Mrs. MacKenzie took off separately in their cars, not to return until almost. Janice had dressed especially sexy for her lunch with Jack, putting on a low-cut blouse with a plunging neckline, a short red skirt that showed just a hint of stocking top, and her fire-engine red high heels.Janice blushed as she acknowledged Jack's admiring gaze. "Thanks, Jack. You should hear the gossip at the office. They don't know what to think! Half of them think I'm having a mid-life crisis, and the other half think I'm having an extramarital affair." So which is it?" Jack said,.