I was sitting there trying to decide what to do with my dad as he was the instigator in all of this when he and mom walked into the restaurant. They c...me over and sat with me like nothing had even happened. I asked mom how the bridal shower was and she blushed and said it wasn't that bad, pretty tame she said, then dad spoke up and said the stag was pretty tame as well. Pretty tame! If that was tame I wonder what dad's idea of wild was. I excused myself and went back to the bungalow to lie down. Allison, of course, had no problem holding a conversation with Jeff, but she didn't seem to need to talk to him like Lissa did.Whenever he wasn't visiting Kari, Jeff always made sure he was there for his big sister when she came home from work in the evenings. Sometimes they sat on the couch and threw a blanket over themselves as they watched TV. Sometimes she laid her head on his shoulder, or even on his lap. On nights when she seemed particularly tired, he gave her a back rub, helping to ease. I suspect that a sizeable majority may have come to terms with female chauvinism and became accustomed to be relegated to the lower orders as 3rd class citizens at the beck and call of any female inhabitant of those fearful islands.I was u*********s when I was thrown onto the soft sands of Pricktown Bay with the now gentle waves of the Pacific . It was early as the sun had arisen and was not yet at the high temperatures of that region I was slowly coming too when I heard 2 female. There was no one in the farmhouse when we'd arrived in search of a place to hide and rest, but it wasn't deserted - the property too well maintained. My clothes itched. I'd sweated in them and slept in them for the past three days, maybe more but I couldn't remember. I was tired, too.Bianca looked a bit bedraggled, her hair messy. She looked exhausted, her face drawn. Despite that, her Egyptian blue eyes were clear and bright and questioning.Studying the barn, I saw hay piled up in the loft.