I promised to pick up his Honda later this morning, and he just smiled again. The ride was short as I drove back to my place, making small talk along ...he way. I learned that his name was Jace, and that he liked the Arctic Monkeys. Not much came out of him other than that. During the ride, I kept glancing over at him, staring at the bruise on his neck. It bothered me, and it was really quite odd. When we arrived, I went over to his side to help him out, and together we hobbled up to my front. "Then Aaron pulled out his phone again and hit speed dial and put thephone on speaker and someone answered, "Hello," and Aaron responded,"Hello Jim this is Aaron Crane I want you to hear something. DetectiveReece tell me again what you will do if I don't stop complaining aboutyour man here busted in, unannounced, on my teenage niece dressing withhis gun drawn sending her into a screaming panic."The detective Reece lost his temper and screamed, "I don't care whatmutha fucker you got on the. Or even better, grow herown." They all burst into laughter but I could tell Gina was serious.Now I was getting a little more scared. They told me to go put on thesexy emerald green cocktail dress with my garter and silky tanstockings. Diane told me to freshen up my makeup too. I went and changedagain making sure my makeup was presentable and my lipstick wasreapplied. The 5" black heels completed the look. I came back into theroom as Diane stood and told me to grab my purse. My purse, I. His strategy was to skirt a nearby squall in the hopes that he would cut it so close as to test the courage, or foolhardiness, of the pirate captain. His intent was to sail in front of the squall close enough to pick up additional wind, while at the same time let the pirates get caught in the fiercest of the winds, shouldthey be fool enough to follow, thereby causing them to have to drastically reduce sail. The squall’s heavy rains could also be used to mask the ship’s course change as he swung.