"Now that you've been fed, I'm going to go home and get some rest, I advise you do the same..." Mandy told her, not that Sarah could do anything but s...ay sat in the chair 'til Mandy releases her from it."How long will you be?" Sarah asked begrudgingly."Oh I don't know, I'll be back here roughly around 11 in the morning..."Sarah looked at the small clock on the wall and realised it was only 6pm, she felt crestfallen knowing she'll be tied down in the chair now for at least 17 hours, and before. I guess you’ve figured out by now that I’ve got pretty good kids, for which I give their mother all the credit, because more often than not, she was the one who was home doing the parenting. So there I was facing a third Christmas without Shirley, and thinking decidedly erotic thoughts about Kristi Golden, which made me feel guilty as hell. ^ ^ ^ ^ My friend Ken’s thoughts notwithstanding, I didn’t figure I had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting a date with Kristi Golden. The reason I’d. ”“SV Sailbait requesting permission to leave Apra Harbor.”“Permission granted SV Sailbait. Where you headed?”“Hagåtña, 96910, Guam. The Boat Basin,” I responded.“Cleared SV Sailbait Port out.”“SV Sailbait switching to channel 9.” Channel 9 is the boat calling channel. It’s supposed to be ON all the time and loud enough for the watch-stander to hear over the wind or waves. The Coast Guard uses channel 9 to request inspection.The Boat Basin is what passes for a Marina on Guam. The fishing boats. He was a stabilizing influence on me and gave me the strength to carry on when things looked their bleakest. I certainly owed Johnnie my life which he unwittingly saved on many occasions. I guess what contributed to my being in that field with a gun at my head was the loss of my best friend.Johnnie had been an adventuresome fellow and would try almost any adventure that most guys would not dare to try. It was during one of those adventures that Johnnie met his maker. He had taken up driving a.