"That's one of both of you! Who took that?"Karen said, "Joyce took it. She was one of our chefs on the island. I have some of her recipes that she gav... me. She and her husband were our chefs and are sweet people."Marianne was still a bit incredulous. "But you were naked in front of her!" Both of us were." I can see!" Marianne sniffed. "Brad looks studly."Karen grinned. "He is, very studly." She gave me a light kiss and looked back over at Marianne. "Now, sisters in-law, get your prurient minds. Power down and use the vid to inspect the nozzle — half the control rods were bent and malfunctioning — 'mal' not 'non'- and that meant dysfunctional control was also erratic; the port pod was hanging by the proverbial string. Smelling deceased rodents, Tim took a close look at the starboard pod and didn't like what he saw. He pulled the breaker for the port pod and then gently moved his controls. They moved but the starboard pod didn't — it was jammed offset fifteen or so degrees.The galactic. He laughed and said he wouldn't mind that at all.The hot tub was a four seater, My wife and I were on one side and E.J. on the other side straight across from her. I sat there relaxed and watched them both looking at each other. No body said a word and looked at them looking at each other. Finally I said E.J. why don't you kiss her, she really likes kissing. He slowly moved close to her and they began to kiss. The kisses were not intense but Val was enjoying it. This went on for several. Once we were at altitude, I told the pilots our real destination, not Miami like I had told them originally.“I figured something like that,” one of the pilots commented. “You said it was an international flight but wouldn’t tell anyone our destination. Then you had us file a flight plan to Miami,” he continued. “Are we safe?” he asked.“Both the U.S. Department of State and Havana have approved the flight so we can take these men home. Their fishing boat exploded and sank about sixty miles from.