“She surrendered her virginity and then broke up with you!”“I don’t think that’s how I’d characterize it,” I said. “It wasn’t a surr...nder at all. It wasn’t something I was seeking, well, at least not directly. And she made love to me, if you think about it.”“So what bugs you is that she didn’t tell you beforehand she was planning to break up with you?”“Exactly.”“I can see that,” Sophia said. “But you said you had sort of expected it because she was going to California.”“Yes, but we’d agreed. I kept hugging him and kissing him. After 3 minutes we broke the kiss.“I am so sorry, dear,” he said as he put me down“No need for sorry. It was my mistake too. We should have never done that in the office. Nothing is gonna happen. Don’t worry,” I said.Victor’s office phone rang. After speaking he was so tensed. I went close to him and put my arms around his neck.“What is it?” I asked.“They want you to come now,” he said. “Don’t worry. I’m all yours. Don’t forget that”“I know dear,” he said as. I had cut the dead fall into draggable lengths the last time I was on the island. Nothing to it but the little bitch of pulling the stuff down and out. Lissa came and helped for a while. I could tell she was having second thoughts almost immediately but didn't know how to back out of the team. Finally I said gently, "Princess, I know it's sick, but I actually sort of like doing this. So why don't you go run off and do something you want, okay? This is supposed to be Fun Island, you know."She. Her head jerked again, leaving a wet smear of blood against the rock. She struggled against the pain, fighting to stay alert even as it tried to swallow her whole. She battled the encroaching darkness and the waves of dizziness that tried to engulf her. She struggled to get back up, to get away. The soft ground gave under her clawing hands, shifted under her digging feet. She slipped and felt consciousness waver again. She had to stay awake and fight or she was dead. She saw him reach for her.