"We girls need to be able to protect ourselves, since most men are not gentlemen any more."***Somewhere, a dedicated figure was bent over a laboratory...bench. The world would soon witness his brilliance! He was finished. He had molded the scepter that Miss America would receive, as well as fake flowers, using the most powerful explosives. It was his own derivative of C-4. There would probably be enough to kill everyone on stage and in the orchestra pit, and forty-million people would witness it!. “My Lord, this young women was forcibly kidnapped and taken away from her family by a brigand known as Steven Bonnet. I demand that she be released from her illegal indenture and returned to her family.”The magistrate had been briefed by Howard. “Can you produce this Mr. Steven Bonnet to confirm this claim?”“No My Lord. Mr. Steven Bonnet is unavailable.”“Can you produce witnesses who can confirm this claim?”“No My Lord. But we are her family. This young woman belongs with us.”At this point,. We told each other some outlandish tales of couples past as we had done for entertainment from time to time. We were shaken back to reality by the loud echo of surf crashing on rocks. We looked at each other with our mouths gaping in mock surprise and wraggled our eye brows. We were still snickering as we turned to look toward the mouth of the cave. Another wave surged about a third of the way up the sloping sand. “Shit!” Tanya said under her breath. “Well, we're gonna get wet,” I shrugged. The flight was terrible. It was crowded and way too long. That was the longest eleven hours of my life. I was able to sleep for a few hours, but the idea of being on a plane, going over the Atlantic Ocean, was pretty nerve racking. I was just praying that we made it over safely.I was so relieved when we touched down in London. I made my way through the terminal to luggage claim. After retrieving my luggage, I made my way outside and called for a cab. I just wanted to get to my hotel and then.