That would put them nearest to Chen, who just might be willing to team up with them. These guys were treated like outcasts, themselves, and might just...be happy to get Chen’s experiences to help them out.They were only going to be several hundred yards from Chen’s last whereabouts. After the storm, Chen HAD gotten lucky and found his toolkit floating not too far from shore and swam out to recover it.He’d already begun building another shelter, but, much further inland. Since the mountain. “That’s a deal.” I drove Ashley the last mile home, and we kissed for another five minutes in the car while we parked in her driveway. I certainly didn’t want to let go of her that night, and I sensed she felt the same way. Finally, we both walked up to her door, kissed, and I bid her good night. As Ashley opened the door to her house, I could see her younger sister, dressed in pajamas, standing in the doorway and giggling. She had been watching us kiss on the doorstep. They both waved good. The idea of lunch came up.Kate threw out the first idea. “How about Chinese?” The idea was met with unbridled excitement from the kids.“Sure…why not.” Vince chuckled. The kids ran to get their shoes on. He turned to me. “While we’re gone you should have plenty of time to unpack my bags and get everything set up in my room. And the moving company should be here in an hour or two, so give them whatever help they need.”While they were gone? I groaned softly. I was hungry too.He stood up, pulling. "Your power and defenses have almost doubled!" The she turned to stare at Varick's crotch with a smile. "You are one sexy man Varick!" Truda's mouth hung agape as she suddenly realized what she had said. "I'm sorry Varick that was inappropriate, but you are sexy!" Turning away Truda giggled then caught herself. Varick smiled, "It's alright Truda, with respect to your brother I also find you quite arousing." Varick was trying to put the feelings away but looking at Truda's lean hard body was.