I picked up the book, closed it, and took it up to Julie's room left it, closed, on her desk."Hi, Dad!" Hi, Julie!"She hugged me tight and kissed me o... the cheek, the shopping bags in her hand banging against my hip."Mom let me get a bunch of stuff." So I see."I looked at my spouse. She rolled her eyes before she stepped into my arms and kissed me, too. Only she pressed herself against me top to bottom and, I swear, gave a little wriggle when she did."Wait'll you see what Julie got." Oh, yeah?. I certainly didn't have any clue or hint beforehand that these guys were undesirables other than my niggling thoughts while cruising.The Internet yielded a large number of potential replacement boats; however it was going to be necessary to see some of them in person before we knew what would suit us. Our first objective was to find something on the west coast, eliminating a long transportation problem. That would narrow our search to start.I was getting a little bleary-eyed looking at boats. After pouring a glass and handing it to me, he sat down at the table. I took a few sips and set the glass down.“What do we need to talk about exactly?” he asked propping an elbow on the top of the chair and raising an eyebrow. Glaring at him, I took the glass of lemonade and threw it in his face. “You know goddamn well what we need to talk about!” He growled as he lunged at me tipping over his chair. Grabbing my wrists, he bended me over the counter and pinned my wrists painfully against the. "Well," her mom said, "it's been a nice night, but I'm pooped, and drank too much of that juice. I'm going to bed. Night, kids." Jenny noticed that her mom didn't tell her dad good night, and glanced quickly at Travis. He looked away, his face down, and she threatened him in her head, because they had the plan already set. She was going into her dad's room, after he was asleep, and Travis was supposed to do the same, only he was to sneak into.