I told her my wife and I and my best friend, are just headed out to the lake for the weekend. She said that she wished she was? So I told her to drive...by if she got the chance, just look for a bright yellow Ford van, loaded with chicken and drinks? When they arrived, they drove around looking for that perfect Space? They turned off to the right and spotted a space secluded by trees. It had a picnic table with benches, a campfire-ring and restrooms/showers just 30 yards away. It was perfect!. "Think of it as a long time in the saddle," he said. "Hey, you wanna go for a ride?" Too cold," said Spencer."Pussy," accused Lightspeed. "How about you, Boss? Wind in your hair, freedom of the open road, all that bullshit?"I looked at his bike. It was tempting. I loved riding around in convertibles, and this looked to feel even more liberating. I started to get up, but then I remembered a promise I had made, a promise that Lori McMasters, Lori Wilkinson, had extracted from me in a fit of grief. "Sarah, my wife has been gone over ten months now and the only time I'm not lonely is when I'm with you. How do you feel about me? Do you think we have a chance together?" I care for you, Leonard; I care for you a lot. I don't know if its a heavy like or if it's love. I've never been in love so I don't know. Yes, I do feel that there is a chance for us in the future. We need to give it some time. You need to tell your kids about me; after all I'm more their age but we seem to be so good. ?I think that will be enough,? the man holding her said. He twisted her wrist and a sharp tingle went from finger tip to elbow. The knife dropped, the tip embedded in the wood planks beneath them, quivering.*** Rarely had Charlotte been as frightened. The deck was strewn with dead and dying men, most of whom wore the uniform of the Royal Navy. Over thirty pirates still stood, crowding around the entrance to the cabin, each wanting to get an eyeful of the three women who had.