"Open your eyes.I did and for a moment, I stared into Jackie's blue orbs. Her face hung there, slightly faded, but sharp enough to see that lone, brow... freckle, her tender lips, the way my sister smiled with a slight overbite. "Jackie..."I can't hold it long, Penelope, my sister said as the image began to fade, but this is something."Oh, Jackie!" Before her face was lost, I leaned forward and felt her lips touch mine. For a few seconds more, I stared into Jackie's eyes and moaned into her. The sun shines brilliantly and the high clouds drift across the clear blue sky with such elegance. Your hands feel clammy and you use them to push you up to a standing position, which only causes more sand to stick to your palms, bounded by the combined sweat and moisture from the air. You try looking for any signs of human activity such as smoke but there was none in sight.Still dazed and confused as to how you got on an island, you stagger towards the entrance of the dense jungle. You are. . "I thought that you might like to write about some of the stuff we'vedone; you know, in the past." Aaaahhh. So, just for you Pippa, here's a blog entry about "stuff we've done;you know, in the past." We're probably talking about six years ago. Before Pippa was with Jimmyfull time, she had her own flat in town and every so often we'd have a girly night in ... sometimes there was a bunch of us but on this occasion it was just her, me, a six pack of Czech lager, a bottle of Sambuca, a couple of. " A game?" That's right. A game. If you succeed, everything you desire will be yours. If you fail, you return to your early morning duties and you lose out on the fantastic opportunity that I've been offering you. It's that simple. This is the big one and it's for SJ6: the department, the whole caboodle. It's all or nothing. Do you understand, Mr. Pendrill?"Howard swallowed hard, and he straightened and stiffened his back. "Yes," he asserted cautiously, confused: still studying Cecily's nipples.