I wasn't ready. I quickly dressed and spritzed some perfume on my neck before descending the stairs and meeting my new friend for the first time. He s...epped into the kitchen, looking very nervous. Nate was shorter than I expected, but still an inch or two taller than me. He had a dark scruffy beard and innocent hazel eyes that widened at the sight of me. "Hi," he stammered. "Hi," I said back. "It's, uh, nice to meet you." "You too." His gaze was moving from my face, to my chest, down to my legs. Cole had come fresh for his BSL class to find Jared kissing him, kissing Joel, and he had turned around with such a look of triumph until he'd seen Cole. He had blood on his mouth... his inner voice said, Was he kissing Joel? Are you sure?Cole snarled at himself in his head, too wrapped up in his pain to want to think rationally, that maybe he had overreacted, not seen what was actually going on. It was about then That Jared flung open the car door and Cole had to thank the seatbelt for. "So ready, boys," said Melissa, breaking up the party. "It's quite abit of work for at least a few of you, and for the couple of you thatwon't take as much effort, I was thinking you could hang out front withsome of our girls once in costume, and help attack some customers whilewe help the others." Sounds like fun," said Benny. "I should be easy right, since I assumethose two idiots will take longer." Don't be so sure, hon, everyone will take some work," said Donna witha smirk. "This is not you. Once again, it was not something I was willing to risk.Sometime I must have blurted something that a British agent overheard. That evening when I took off my cloak in my hidden quarters my hand found a folded piece of paper. Wondering if it was another offer from Captain Ramirez, I opened it.The first surprise was that it was written in English rather than Spanish. The second was its contents. It read: "I know who, and what you are. I propose you meet me on the southernmost wharf at midnight on.