Shoot only if you get cornered. That's the bestway to protect the family. Understand?" Yes mother." I get it, draw them away from the house, protec... thechildren. "Aunty can hold the door to the playroom for a while and I'llget help." Good gurl." Ismeralda, see anything." Nope, just a squirrel." Where the hell are the pol...."And just like that a dozen sirens show up.Mother's phone rings and it is the police. Mother opens the front gateand a bunch of police cars roll in. A fire truck. "Good luck guys," Hailey said, Breathing deeply herself as she realizedthat she'd never see her friends as humans again.The mers moved into the water, and Jim, Elizabeth, and Madhuri followeduntil it became too deep for them to walk. Three mermaids assisted one ofthe new pod members in swimming along the surface of the lagoon, it'swaters tinged pink and orange by the sunset. The mers reached the centerof the lagoon over the grotto that Josh's pod had changed in."Your gills should automatically. I couldnt make out the tattoo in the dark room but I could see enough of her face to recognize her. It was my wife. What the fuck had I sent her into? The crowd was gathering in the Commons, men and women in pairs and small groups, laughing and pointing at the pole, most with drinks in their hands, a few chewing on a turkey leg or a hunk of bread. Some of the women were carrying baskets of what looked like fruit. Some brought dogs. When they let them off their ropes, they ran around the pole,. Well I am.’ I kept staring at his face, trying my best not to sink in his open invitation…. ‘The guy is so hot… suck his cock’ — My guilty conscience was saying — ‘you’ll be a fool to say no’ — it said again. ‘The man is married!’ My good conscience said. ‘His wife loves him and you don’t even know his first name!’ it said again. All of those were valid points but…. I was single, and I havent gotten dick in so long and this dude was just too fine to pass over…. I guess guilty side wins.