. it screeched ... she winced... "Racket." Andrea then looked at the crew. They were going about the general day to day cleaning ... a polish soaked r...g squeaked as it was wiped against a bit of brass. "You've got them wearing hobnailed boots." The crew was in deck-shoes. "Please, David. If you love me ... stop. I'm dying here." She moved an arm and her survival suit flapped ... she threw her hands to her ears...David looked at Andy..."Hungover?" Oh God!"The boat rose on a freighter wake and. "Ummm....it came off...." He did not know why, but he felt guilty, and nervous for a response. He had to wait for twelve brutally slow minutes."Not good, Charlie." He recoiled in shame at his real name being used. "I kept yours on me, and you should have done the same." Sorry! I didn't think it would be a big deal!"Another seven-minute wait. Then: "Too late. Get a goddamn marker." A marker?!"Haha good one." Not a fucking joke." Sam had never seemed so frustrated at him, and he had no idea why. ”Dark despair appeared on his face.“She has since moved on, no one knows where.”“Not even her former employer, Cleopatra?”His monosyllabic ‘No’ curtailed further investigation.I expressed my disappointment at not being able to meet ‘Becca’ and asked no more questions, although I had a suspicion Giuseppe knew more than he had divulged.Cleopatra’s Palace was a large Palazzo, three storeys high, sat in the middle of cultivated parkland. As the coach moved along a serpentine drive Giuseppe regained. "Well, looky here: a nice big mattress!" Luther announced, "Shall we all climb aboard?"I could feel my knees weakening at the thought."Look, guys, if it's all the same to you, I've really got to get going now," I said rather unsteadily."Now, not so fast, boy. You still got to pay Clyde for helping you git yer keys, now ain't ya?" Duke was nice enough to remind me, as he grabbed his crotch for emphasis. I felt my pale skin turn a shade whiter as I struggled to come up with some way out of my.