They waited a few minutes and then heard the sound of splintering wood. The furniture in the hallway remained motionless.After several more minutes, C...rmina appeared in the gap. She stuck a finger in her mouth and blew, inflating her entire hand like a balloon. She gave them a thumbs up.“That’s one way to do it.” He knelt down and let Tink crawl on his back, her legs passing through the loops in his arms. “Ready?”“Giddyup!” Tink slipped her goggles into place and wrapped her arms around his. I had killed him. My knife penetrated his kidney and he died. I was taken into custody and charged with second degree murder. In court Peg told the jury her story and how her little brother protected her against the two older and bigger guys. Brad said that he and Jed were just playing. They weren’t going to harm Peg. Of course the only proof was our testimony and Jed’s dead body. I was convicted on a lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to juvenile prison. The court thought I was. Both Phil and I drank very little, as the last thing we wanted the next day was a hangover. The next morning Phil was ready to go at 8:00am, but I pointed out that it only took us about an hour and a bit to get up here so we did not need to leave until 10:45 at the earliest. So we grabbed the boards before anyone else got them and headed down the beach. We got back to the tent at 10:30 and loaded up our sleeping bags and some spare cloths etc. then headed back to Ohope Beach. Phil headed for. I had a look at the flowers, but knew that the florist next door to the club would be open and they did better bouquets anyway.I ambled back towards Castle Street and walked into the florist – I was their first customer of the day – and the gentleman behind the desk was busy wrapping some flowers in cellophane.We exchanged greetings and I asked for a "big bunch" of flowers. I knew what I wanted but it had been a good few months since I worked in the shop and I had forgotten what to call them..