" She said reaching back to find Jared's hand."So your plan is for me to take you away from all of this?" Jared asked absently.Meaghan sat up quickly ...ulling the sheet up to cover her breasts."Jared! You don't think I came here to hornswoggle you into something, do you? I'm not that devious and I hope you don't think..." Whoa, calm down. I didn't think that or mean for you to think I thought that. I just meant that it MUST have crossed your mind that if we hit it off again you could be rid of. Yeah!We cuddled in our after play ... which almost any girl will tell you is at least as good as foreplay ... and she told me what the sailors had planned.I wonder if I can talk the Powers that Be into bring them back so I can kill them ... my turn, Wendy. You had yours.Way too soon it was decided we needed to get out of bed and dress, the sun was shining ... what will the children think?Showers first. This is the late Twenties and "Things" weren't out of hand yet. Our waste water and sewage. “After all, I fell in love with you first.” “Lucky me,” said Ashley, and warmly kissed her. “If it wasn’t for that, none of this would have ever happened.” **************** Two years earlier, April 2010 “So what do you think?” came the agent’s voice over the phone. Ashley looked again at the script in her hand. “They really want me for this Hellcats show?” “You and only you. If you say yes, it’s on the CW schedule for the fall.” “I don’t have to test or audition? Not even an interview?” “Nope.. You did tell me they were orphans. Where else would they go? And if they come to live with us for a while, then they'll stay. Then it's logical that you would be made responsible for them."Jeff could hear his other wives laughing in the background. "Uh, the general sent Kayla on a mission to help settle the girls in. She has two months without using her R & R time." So the general offers the palm branch in exchange for sticking you with the girls, huh?" she said, but there was laughter in her.