I put on a tight fitting shirt that showed off my chest. I then put the cash into my pocket and made my way to the lounge just before 6pm and Aniexty ...tarted to hit me as I now became a little nervous bringing a escort into my house and being alone. I poured myself a whisky and water to calm my nerves. My phone rang just on 7pm, it was Skyler at my gate. I opened for her and let her in to park. I met her at her car door as she got out wearing a short thigh high purple dress that hugged her body. Her eyes were shadowed a deep black, and her lashes were long and thick. Claire’s lips were a deep purple, and her gold piercings had all been switched out for glimmering silver. The effect was mesmerizing. Claire’s dress was a deep, dark purple, only a few shades darker than her lips. The dress she wore was similar in design to Lacie’s, but instead of leaving her scarred, tattooed back exposed, Claire’s dress had two straps that crisscrossed behind her shoulder blades, partially concealing her. By the time we had turned the Black Swan around and retraced our course Popeye was nowhere to be seen.Bundy hailed me as a hero. Marsha let the three women (two of the "Boojums" backing group and the engineer's girl-friend) and McGregor, the engineer, out of the secret bolt-hole cabin where they had been hiding since the original pirate attack. They too regarded me as something of a saviour. It was an uplifting and entirely new experience.Bundy made me a very handsome offer to captain the Black. I drove for hours... not very far in distance, but around and around, just trying to think. I found myself near a park, and just sat there for a few more hours, not really thinking of anything, but remembering that night. I had to figure out what to do, but the memories of how Sharon had gotten even with me burned into my consciousness, causing me to relive my pain.I know that I had wronged her, and didn't deserve to be treated well, but her revenge... it had gone too far. Too much had happened.