It's been an adventure to date you, and I want you as my wife. Your mind is a delight to explore and a challenge to me. I love your gentleness, your d...dication, your compassion to the people around you. I love your smile and your humor. Your body is gorgeous and very arousing. You are a bit of a workaholic... and a little casual about keeping promises, but I can forgive you for that..." Hiapo!" Lois playfully pushed Hiapo to the ground and lay on top of him. She smiled at him in laughter, but. I’d wanted to see that, but I had to do my job.There was no way to surprise the island. They had to have seen us gathering on the horizon for the last day. When we got close, maybe two miles out, we were greeted by a small fleet. There were three ships in the lead and four more that hung back some. All were typical pirate ships, the cross between the medieval cog and viking longship that everyone here used for everything.I don’t want to say that I was arrogant, but we’d been doing this for more. His own inner-beast shriveled at the sight of him though, and that was enough to know who it was. It was the sheriff.And Jack walked right up to him.“Sheriff.”“Mister Terry.”“I ... owe you. Antoinette told me about what happened, and then you must have—”The sheriff held a finger up to his own mouth, and glanced around at nearby patrons of the hallway. When he lowered it, Jack found himself a little uncomfortable with the man’s gaze. It was so ... deadpan, emotionless, and almost creepy. But. And you have the style. Youjust need to stop thinking like an American." Fine," I said with a grin. "Merci. Besides, you needn't worry aboutme. Kenny's enough."She half-smiled. "If you say so. Let's go."When we walked into the bar, Henri looked at me and laughed. "Mygod, look at all those packages. Kenny, you're lucky she's just yourgirlfriend. I mean, she's beautiful, but with spending like that,you'd be in the poorhouse."Kenny just looked me up and down. "Nice outfit," he.