. one ... two ... three.I gave the port man a look, “You poor sap.”“What?”“Good lord, sir ... how many bodyguards have you hired to protect ...hose?” I said, “Didn’t you have any boys?”“These are the ones at home ... there’s two married.”“All girls?”“They take after their mother ... thank God.“Agnes...” mom stepped forward, shook my hand and nodded. I don’t know if she was nodding at me or approving her husbands call.“Alice...” the about 11 year old gave me a look ... a very appraising look. A. Matty and I already had made plans for the coming weekend. My mom was going to be out of town, and my brother was staying with a friend from his Soccer team, so Matty was going to stay the night at my house again. “Do you think Austin could hangout with us this weekend?” I asked Matty. “I can call him tomorrow and see if he can,” Matty said. “He could stay the night too if he wanted to,” I said. “That would be cool” Matty said. The Carnival was going to close soon and Matty said he should. Shaun nodded “Okay John, get some rest, I’ll make us all a coffee.”The storm blew out during the night of the third day. Outside the cave the bright sunlight warmed the rocks and ground creating spirals of steam.Shaun scanned the area through his binoculars. The path had almost disappeared through landslides and rock falls. He moved to one side as Maria along with around twenty of the other women went past armed with picks and shovels.Andrias had a word with her before she passed. He shrugged. He took this time to admire Jack. He was about six feet and two inches tall,with relatively short dark brown hair. He had deep, brown eyes and a cunningwit. He wasn't a 'muscle-man', but he wasn't a weakling either. Everybody onthe swim team joked about his powerful legs, stating that "you have to standat least seven feet from the edge of the pool when he does his flip turn!"His arms weren't nearly as strong, but they were of decent caliber. Johncontinued to admire him as he spoke."Lisa?" He.