All the women were hidden in the after cabins and the Spanish crew were making a good fist of a fight. That pirate brig was just too well armed and...powerful. Trysta's arrival was a Godsend for them." Have you spoken to the girls?" "Yes. Once they learned about our enterprise, all of them were more than keen to join us." But!" But they cannot see a way to get free. If the captain just releases them, then the crew and the other passengers would get suspicious. He might somehow be deemed to. "Beneficial magics are always welcome. Please, proceed."Kija smiled and shifted a bit in his chair. Placing one hand on his oddly plain dagger's hilt, with the other, he waved childishly at the tall cowled figure next to him."Go ahead, dear," he said quietly, although Greyshadow had no trouble hearing him. "Show them what you can do."The lady thrust her hands over her head, dramatically causing a few gasps of concern from the crowd. Visible swirls of blue magic coalesced around her hands like. I chatted more with the guy and he was just as eager as I was. He sent me a picture of himself . Overweight, balding, thick glasses and a leering sort of expression on his face. The type of guy Elaine would move away from on a bus. Strangely that aroused me even more than I was already.I arranged to meet the guy in a parking area a halfway between his place and ours. It was weird and perversely exciting sitting next to a man in a car talking in such sexual detail about Elaine. He was scruffy. This particular part of the story took place during my graduation from college and the summer months the followed. Read the first two chapters before reading this one. A reminder Tia was my girlfriend and she had an identical twin sister name Mia. I ended up cheating with Mia on my birthday, thinking she was Tia. The only way that you can tell them apart was Tia had a small black mole near her lip on the left side. This story takes place 3 months after I saw Mia and her friend. .